US EditionCongo's health ministry says unknown disease is severe malaria
- Congo's health ministry has identified the unknown disease as severe malaria.
- The disease was initially believed to be a new infection.
- Health officials are investigating the cases amid rising malaria cases in the region.
- Authorities are implementing measures to contain the outbreak.
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Out of 181 samples analyzed, 86.2% tested positive for malaria. Experts from the Public Health Agency of the African Union, however, are still in the field and are also considering the hypothesis, judged to be less likely, of a viral infection in a context of malaria and malnutrition
The Panzi region in south-western DRC, which already experienced a serious typhoid fever epidemic two years ago, has, according to Congolese authorities, one of the highest malnutrition rates in
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Undiagnosed disease in Congo may be linked to malaria: Africa CDC
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A deadly, undiagnosed disease that has been spreading in one region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may be linked to malaria, health officials said Thursday. As of Dec. 14, the latest date for which data is available, 592 cases have been reported with 37 confirmed deaths and 44 deaths under investigation, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the public hea…
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