May 1997: The lethal flu virus H5N1 is isolated from a human patient in Hong Kong. Eighteen people are hospitalized with the disease, six people die. All were in close contact with poultry. Hong Kong immediately kills 1.5 million poultry.
February 2003: Virus resurfaces in Hong Kong, killing one person.
December 2003: South Korea reports its first
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