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  • Congo: Ebola/Marburg outbreak - 103 dead

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    VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (KASAI
    OCCIDENTAL): SUSPECTED

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    Date: 29 Aug 2007
    From: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>

    Haemorrhagic fever kills more than 100

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    More than 100 people have died in a remote part of the Democratic
    Republic of Congo, the result of a suspected haemorrhagic fever
    epidemic, local health officials said today.

    People began dying of the suspected fever 2 weeks ago near Mweka, an
    area in the province of Kasai Occidental, said Jean-Constatin Kanow,
    the chief medical inspector for the province. "We began by suspecting
    typhoid fever, but now we believe it's haemorrhagic fever," said Kanow.

    The DRC has in the past seen large outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola,
    both haemorrhagic fevers caused by viruses that in severe cases attack
    the central nervous system and cause bleeding from the eyes, ears and
    other parts of the body.

    The deaths began following the funeral of 2 village chiefs. "Everyone
    that attended those funerals is now dead," said the medical inspector.
    According to Kanow, haemorrhagic fever is transmitted by contact
    with an infected person.

    In all, 4 villages are affected and 217 people have come down with the
    illness. Of the 103 recorded deaths, 100 were adults and 3 were children, said Kanow.
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 29 August 2007, 16:57.
    Dr. Mordrid
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  • #2
    Ewww... Ebola is f'in nasty.

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    • #3
      Just read about it following this topic...apparently not so nast as usually depicted in popular media
      Still not very pleasant naturally...

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