Epidemiological Features of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Cameroon

Table 1

Number of sources and mortality rate of the 2016 highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 outbreak in Cameroon.

Region	Total number of sources	N	Total number of deaths	Mortality rate ()
Center	06	41 844	16 345	39,06
South	08	12 819	4 086	31,87
West	03	46 828	4 189	8,94
Adamawa	01	66	48	72,72
Total	18	101 557	24 668	24,28

N: total number of poultry in affected sites (live-poultry markets, farms, backyards); the fowls that did not die were stamped out for control purposes; the affected sites were the live-poultry markets and farms for the Center, South, and West sources and the backyards for the Adamawa source.