Tracking the spread of the disease from China in April to Romania and Turkey, this month.
1 April 2005, China: New strain of H5N1 virus detected in wild birds at Qinghai Lake, key breeding area for migratory birds that winter in southeast Asia, Tibet and India
2. July:Kazakhstan: Outbreak in Pavlodar region
3 Late July, Siberia: Cases of H5N1 strain of bird flu confirmed. Genetic sequencing suggests virus is carried by migratory birds. Infection spreads westwards to Novosibirsk, Altai, Omsk, Tyumen and Kurgan
4 August 1st, Tibet: Virus found in Lhasa
5 August 11th, Mongolia: H5 virus confirmed in wild ducks, geese, swans
6 August 15th, Russia: Virus reaches Chelyabinsk near Ural Mountains
7 September 16th, Indonesia: Death of 37-year-old Jakarta woman brings human death toll to 64 out of 117 cases
8 October 8th: Turkey and Romania report cases of avian flu. Both cull birds to prevent disease from spreading. Virus in Turkish poultry confirmed as virulent H5N1 strain on Thursday. Romanian infection identified as H5-type, but no indication yet it is H5N1