Re: Guinea - A hemorrhagic disease killed 23 people including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea
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Guinea : a mysterious outbreak kills 25
Friday, March 21, 2014 / by Mohamed Diallo
In recent days, a mysterious fever is Macenta in the Forest Region , Guinea Conakry. This mysterious epidemic has caused more than 25 deaths since its appearance.
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In recent days, a mysterious fever is Macenta in the Forest Region , Guinea Conakry. This mysterious epidemic has caused more than 25 deaths since its appearance.
According Doualamou Germain , a health agent in N'z?r?kor? met on the morning of 20 March, the mysterious fever broke out in Macenta first where it caused the death of 10 people and has spread to Gu?ck?dou locality located 80 kilometers away. Experts point out that the symptoms of this disease are similar to Lassa fever , a disease that causes high fever, vomiting and bleeding from the nose and anus .
A N'z?r?kor? is stupor and many questions from people who complain about the lack of communication in relation to this disease. Yarie Camara market that runs between Macenta N'z?r?kor? and said she stopped going to Macenta because she is afraid to catch the fever . And appeals to the authorities: "I learned that it was a Liberian who sent this virus to Macenta , but I deplore the fact that the authorities do not communicate enough to inform people ."
Dr Tour? Sinata , N'z?r?kor? doctor is cautious and said that "for the moment , we had no case . But we had a patient who came Gu?ck?dou and died . But , we did sample and results are pending. I ask people to be cautious . "
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Re: Guinea - A strange disease killed 9 of 15 reported cases including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea
Source: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/healt...s-23-in-guinea
Mystery hemorrhagic fever kills 23 in Guinea
Updated Wednesday, March 19th 2014 at 15:38 GMT +3
Conakry, Guinea: An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever has killed at least 23 people in Guinea's southeastern forest region since February when the first case was reported, health authorities in the West African nation said on Wednesday.
At least 35 cases have been recorded by local health officials, said Sakoba Keita, the doctor in charge of the prevention of epidemics in Guinea's Health Ministry.
"Symptoms appear as diarrhoea and vomiting, with a very high fever. Some cases showed relatively heavy bleeding," Keita said...Leave a comment:
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Re: Guinea - A strange disease killed 9 of 15 reported cases including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea
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Urgent: Gueck?dou epidemic , the death toll is rising ...
Written by GuineeTime .
While we do not know the name so far and cure for this mysterious disease , new victims are counted in the city of Tchiend?nan Dembadouno , Guekedou . Hospital sources report thirteen dead already .
Other independent sources speak of twenty dead. A resident reached by telephone said to have seven members of the family died . He testified: '' I like that instead of death. Since Sunday I lost five members of my family. The sixth passed away yesterday. Everyone talks of Lassa fever . It starts with the hot body, followed by vomiting and especially bleeding in the nostrils .... I can not tell you exactly how many died. What I know is that there are at least twenty dead. Because some deaths are not recorded in the hospital. Some villages like M?liandou in CRD Tekoulo also recorded several deaths the same symptoms .''
According to our information , a delegation from the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO ) is expected on site Tuesday. Pending the arrival of the delegation, and the results of blood tests to detect the type of disease agents MSF ( Doctors Without Borders ) are deployed in the field. Another MSF team from Sierra Leone is expected this afternoon in the town of Gu?ck?dou to help the sick.
To be continued ...
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Re: Guinea - A strange disease killed 9 of 15 reported cases including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea
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An unknown disease kills many people in Guinea Gu?ck?dou
(Conakry Info 18/03/14 )
forest Guinea
City Gu?k?dou in Forest Guinea is currently affected by a disease qualified by some of mysterious '' '' manifested by vomiting accompanied by diarrhea and mouth bleeding, anal , nasal and ear which killed 9, from Saturday 15 to Monday, March 17 , in the Urban Community (CU ), according to the corresponding AGP prefecture .
The first 8 cases were reported last week in the Prefectural Hospital (HP) and 2 cases of deaths in Baladou , the first is a 3 year old child died Wednesday , 12 and the second a 18 year old , died Friday , March 14.
Health staff of the prefecture is working to find the causes of this condition until the intervention of the Ministry of Health .
With HP / cooperation Doctors Without Borders (MSF ) Switzerland, patients who have resisted have received good support . They were subjected to intense care, but despite these efforts the case of death could not be avoided.
Pending the arrival of a mission of the Department of guardianship, health district officials Gu?ck?dou uses channels of the local Rural Radio ( RR) , to ask people to refer directly to the hospital for all cases of diarrhea and vomiting, with or without bleeding for their support in time.
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Re: Guinea - A strange disease killed 9 of 15 reported cases including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea
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Gueck?dou : An unknown epidemic caused casualties
Written by Guineetime .
Since this weekend, the population of the city of Gueck?dou blows hot and cold. Because a mysterious disease continues to cause death . Hospital sources , six people have died from this disease.
Other sources speak of eight died Gueck?dou city center. All evoke the same symptoms in patients fever and agitation marked by bleeding from the nostrils.
In Baladou neighborhood in the urban district , six people from the same family died of the same disease. Frightened , the other members of the family fled to try to escape the epidemic. On everyone's lips in the urban center , we talk about this mysterious disease whose diagnosis and identification are still not made by medical services.
The first hypotheses talk Lassa fever . According to the Director of the Prefectural Health Gu?k?dou we attached the phone, nothing is confirmed yet. Dr. Mariam Aicha Keita told us: "We have seen the case since Sunday , nobody can say that it is a Lassa fever came Nz?r?kor? medical team conducted yesterday sampling of some bedridden patients by the . . district hospital . Through the support of the NGO MSF ( Doctors Without Borders) these samples were sent to a laboratory in Brussels. We await the results of these tests to find out what disease is it ''
Pending the outcome of these samples , all already talking about Lassa fever , a disease characterized by a fulminant bleeding ( caused by an arenavirus named Lassa virus ), close to Ebola , first described in 1969 in the city of Lassa , in Borno State , Nigeria. Several other cities in the Guinean Forest Region are already affected by this epidemic.
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Re: Guinea - A strange disease killed 9 of 15 reported cases including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea
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Guinea : hemorrhagic disease causes 9 deaths
Last Updated : March 15, 2014 - 7:47 p.m. GMT
The disease causes diarrhea , fever and fatigue
In Guinea , a hemorrhagic disease caused the death of nine people.
Twenty cases listed. the disease affects the forest region in southern Guinea .
So far health authorities do not know what disease it is.
The first cases of the disease were reported in mid-February in the forest region.
Of the 9 victims counted , 4 are health workers.
Doctors speak of a highly contagious disease.
The first patients have all had direct contact on the death of monitoring general medicine Gueckedou to 675km in southern Guinea .
Among those present at his death included the director of the hospital in the nearby town Macenta who also lost his life .
So far health authorities speak of a strange disease that occurs mainly by fever, vomiting , diarrhea, and in some cases, bleeding from the nose and mouth .
According to Dr. Sakoba Keita , the most plausible paths are tired hemorrhagic fever that is transmitted through contact with rodents or the cholera vibrio .
But the doctor insists that the tests have so far failed to identify the disease.
"We do not rush to a diagnosis until we have laboratory confirmation , " says Sakoba Keita .
An investigation team is on the ground to deliver samples to the nation's capital Conakry .
The first results will not be known until Thursday.
Meanwhile , measures of isolation of patients and health barriers were put in place.
In addition, protective equipment and chlorine were sent to caregivers.
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Re: Guinea - A strange disease killed 9 of 15 reported cases including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea
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Sat, March 15th, 2014 , 9:20 Posted By Amara Camara The Moro A , News, Health
'' A strange disease killed 9 including 4 health workers in Forest Guinea ,'' says Dr Sakoba Keita
A strange disease that has been raging for the month of February in the Forest Region , killed 9 of 15 reported cases. Compared to this mysterious disease that today is a real public health problem rather worrying , Guin?enews ? joined by phone division head Prevention and fight against the disease by the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sakoba Keita . In this interview, he talks about the journey of this disease, its characteristics, the areas it has affected the measures taken by health services as well as tips to avoid it.
Guin?enews : What do you know about this strange disease that exists right now in the Forest Region including Macenta ?
Dr Sakoba Keita : Actually, we do not know yet what disease it is. These are symptoms of fever, vomiting , diarrhea, fatigue, and weakness with ...
For now, our services have registered 15 cases with 9 deaths . What is gravity, is that among the deaths was 4 health workers including the director of the hospital Macenta . It all started with the Major General Medicine Hospital Gu?k?dou . In fact, these are the people who took part in the funeral ceremony of medical staff, who are mostly developing this disease.
Guin?enews : So the disease was reported for the first time in Gu?ck?dou ?
Dr Sakoba Keita : Actually the first case appeared to Gu?ck?dou . As the director of the hospital Macenta had kinship with the Major, he went to take part in the funeral of the latter to Gu?ck?dou . On his return home to Macenta , it was found that already developed the disease then it was one of his adoptive and after , the lab that examined who had the disease and so on.
Guin?enews : How far the disease spreads ?
Dr Sakoba Keita : Today was 15 cases. There are some who are scattered . There is a case that was hospitalized Kissidougou . There have been cases in Gu?ck?dou Macenta . A Macenta , there are between three to four cases and a case that has left Macenta to be hospitalized N'Z?r?kor? . I said that the director of the hospital Macenta came to see death coming back to Kindia . Here's the route of this disease.
Guin?enews : Faced with this disease , what are the emergency services already taken by your provisions ?
Dr Sakoba Keita : Among the measures we have already sent a medical team that is currently underway ... We take action for personal and collective protection with drugs that are now starting to unravel the case .
Guin?enews : This disease is really misunderstood of all time , as a doctor, what do you recommend to people not to catch ?
Dr Sakoba Keita : We are doing everything to understand this disease. But apparently , the cases have been contaminated by contact. That is why we asked the isolation of these cases and prevent any visit. We are taking disinfection products that our teams will send for spraying homes. At the moment, there is only one case that has been tinted sealed with blood. Because at first we thought it was '' tired '' hemorrhagic fever ... but the 15 cases, there 's only one who did this . so that you can not conclude that it is hemorrhagic Lassa fever . Because in this fever is bleeding is the main symptom. And as for this disease are vomiting first then diarrhea .
Guin?enews : Some speak of Lassa fever in designating this disease, do you confirm that?
Dr Sakoba Keita : No. For now, we do not know what disease it is. At the time I speak, of yesterday night to today, we've had reports 8 cases , 15 different diarrhea and vomiting. Here , our services have made rapid tests cholera and found 4 cases. But here we can not take these cases as cholera until there is no culture and we do not reaffirm the laboratory. That is why I asked the team to send me as soon arrival of the samples we really know if there is cholera or not .
Guin?enews : Contagion is therefore by body contact or by breathing ?
Dr Sakoba Keita : The patient is transmitted through body contact.
Guin?enews : Do you think actually have the necessary expertise needed to cope with the emergency?
Dr Sakoba Keita : What remains clear , we all partners and relevant Guinean moving services . There WHO sent two people , our services have sent a team like M?decins Sans Fronti?res ( MSF) will send next week Team specializes in infections. There is also the University of Marseille, just contact me so we can associate it with the highlighting of the case. In short, since we made the statement , there is enough partners who want to partner with us to not only identify but in order to meet international health standards because this disease occurs in a border region.
Guin?enews : How long the first cases are updated ?
Dr Sakoba Keita : The case began from the sixth week , if you want since last February .
Telephone interview conducted by Moro Amara Camara
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Guinea - Ebola: Thread documenting initial outbreak - March 2014 +
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Guinea : A strange fever in 8 deaths Macenta
CONAKRY (Xinhua) - A disease whose nature has not yet been identified caused the death of eight people in the prefecture of Macenta , in south- eastern Guinea , Thursday revealed Dr Sakoba Keita , Director of the Division prevention of diseases in the Department of Health.
Friday, March 14, 2014 | 6:21 UTC
Dr Sakoba Keita who spoke on the antennae state media announced the departure of a team of experts on Friday to Macenta , located about 800 kilometers from the capital Conakry to conduct sampling on site , in order to determine the nature of this disease .
He stressed, however it manifests itself in the form of hemorrhagic fever , according to the finding reported cases have been fatal to 8 people Prefecture Macenta . Which suddenly could think of Lassa fever '' '' Has he said.
He recalled that the '' '' Lassa fever showed not very long ago in a Liberian village , not far from the Macenta prefecture .
Dr Sakoba said that the Guinean authorities alerted partners health issues , including the World Health Organization (WHO) , following this strange disease that has been declared in southern Guinea .
Note that the '' '' Lassa fever is a devastating hemorrhagic fever caused by a '' named arenavirus Lassa, Ebola close , first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa in the State Borno , Nigeria . " This disease is most common in west Africa .
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