Published Date: 2017-08-08 22:11:26
Subject: PRO/EDR> Ebola-like Illness - Uganda: (LW) RFI
Archive Number: 20170808.5237244
EBOLA-LIKE ILLNESS - UGANDA: (LUWERO) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: 7 Aug 2017
Source: NTV [edited]
A 20-year old woman had died and 3 of her house mates admitted [to the] hospital after they contracted a mysterious disease which presents [with] symptoms similar to Ebola.
Before she suddenly died, blood oozed out of the woman's nose and the mouth.
The Ministry of Health has sent a team to Luweero to establish the cause of the death.
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[ProMED-mail would appreciate any additional information on this case as well as the three house mates mentioned including any additional history, signalment, duration, diagnostic findings, etc. - Mod.JH
Subject: PRO/EDR> Ebola-like Illness - Uganda: (LW) RFI
Archive Number: 20170808.5237244
EBOLA-LIKE ILLNESS - UGANDA: (LUWERO) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
************************************************** ***********
A ProMED-mail post
http://www.promedmail.org
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org
Date: 7 Aug 2017
Source: NTV [edited]
A 20-year old woman had died and 3 of her house mates admitted [to the] hospital after they contracted a mysterious disease which presents [with] symptoms similar to Ebola.
Before she suddenly died, blood oozed out of the woman's nose and the mouth.
The Ministry of Health has sent a team to Luweero to establish the cause of the death.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[ProMED-mail would appreciate any additional information on this case as well as the three house mates mentioned including any additional history, signalment, duration, diagnostic findings, etc. - Mod.JH
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