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Novel Pathogen Detectionactive

Cambodia will report ≥8 cumulative human H5N1 cases for calendar year 2026 (currently 4 as of Apr 22), sustaining or exceeding the 2025 pace and establishing SE Asia as the leading human-case jurisdiction globally.

System-generated assessment. This assessment remains under review until the stated horizon or until sufficient evidence allows evaluation.

Substantial confidence

Confidence in this assessment
60%

Multiple lines of evidence are aligned, though the assessment remains provisional. Based on 5 linked evidence items and assessed against Dec 31, 2026.

Assessed through Dec 31, 2026·5 linked evidence items·Tracking since Apr 22, 2026

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How this assessment will be evaluated

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Automated

Method

Evidence Match

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Minimum source quality

T1Primary Institutional

Evidence must meet or exceed this credibility tier to count toward evaluation.

Required terms

establishingjurisdictioncumulativesustaining

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Evidence quality mix

Tracking since Apr 22, 2026.

T13
T22
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Registration

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Scope synthesis

The current analyst narrative for this scope.

Open synthesis →

H5N1 risk trajectory steady; semen-transmission hypotheses approach Apr 28 resolution with no new USDA data; Cambodia holds at 4 YTD human cases.

No new Cambodia case reports this cycle; prior trajectory holds

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Evidence linked to this assessment

5 linked items.

Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Cambodia. Seven of the 11 cases were reported in June, an unusual mont

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 2 tracked assessments.

11 cases · 0 deaths · 0 samples

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON575supports
Apr 17, 2026
AVIAN INFLUENZA - INDIA (18): (KARNATAKA) POULTRY, H5N1. These include establishing affected and

Currently interpreted as supporting evidence for 3 tracked assessments.

T2https://www.promedmail.org/?alert=8732328
supports
Apr 20, 2026
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Mexico. To date, no further cases of human infection with influenza A(

This report is recorded in the evidence trail but is not yet linked to a tracked assessment.

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON564neutral
Apr 17, 2026
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Cambodia. Since then, 83 cases of human infection with influenza A(H5N

This report is recorded in the evidence trail but is not yet linked to a tracked assessment.

83 cases · 49 deaths · 0 samples

T1https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON575neutral
Apr 17, 2026
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Cambodia. Since then, 83 cases of human infection with influenza A(H5N

This report is recorded in the evidence trail but is not yet linked to a tracked assessment.

83 cases · 49 deaths · 0 samples

T2https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON575neutral
Apr 13, 2026
Mirror replication is delayed on 2 of 3 tables. Showing last replicated data. Data may be stale.

Integrity anchor

Brier 0.202

19 resolved novel pathogen detection predictions.