A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC
More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.
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What we do—and don’t—know about the mysterious illness in the DRC
If the outbreak is caused by a viral hemorrhagic fever like Ebola, which spreads from person ... and that effort is under way in the DRC. The first people involved in the outbreak had reportedly ...
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Mystery disease kills more than 50 in DRC: What we know so far
Recognised examples of such diseases include Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg ... Since the start of the outbreak, DRC had reported a total of 11,834 cases and 1,304 deaths by February 23, according ...
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Mystery Illness Kills 60 People In Congo, Victims Died Within 48 Hours Of Showing Symptoms
As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...
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Rapid Spread of Infectious Disease in the Congo Could be From Contaminated Water
The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...
Fresh hope of abolishing ‘eye-bleeding’ Ebola which kills up to 90% of victims, as pill shows ‘100% protection’
SCIENTISTS have found a pill that offers ‘100 per cent protection’ against Ebola – sparking hopes of eradicating the deadly ...
Ebola Could Be Treated With A Pill, Promising Monkey Study Ignites Hope
The pill protected 80 per cent of the cynomolgus macaques and 100 per cent of the rhesus macaques, which are biologically ...