The Spatial Diffusion and Socio-economic Consequences of Avian Flu

... The Spatial Diffusion and Socio-economic Consequences of Avian Flu (Source: "Watch the Birdie") Word Count: 1178 Avian Flu first showed up in 1959 and then again in 1991 in Great Britain. These two cases of Avian Flu had similarities with the before know disease A/H5H1 which came from poultry. 2003 and 2004 more cases showed up in Southeast and East Asia which lead to the assumption that there is now a mutated more dangerous type of the A/H5H1 virus which spreads mainly through birds. In the beginning the Countries China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesian, Cambodia, Malaysia and Japan were being greatly affected by the disease but that was not all. In 2005 the virus started to be found in free-living birds, which spread the disease across the globe through bird farms and migrating bird families. In the Summer of 2005 A/H5H1 was found in Siberia and Kazakhstan and started to move closer and

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