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Congo - Ebola - 183 deaths + 187 suspected cases

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yielddude

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(this is also all over the DJ news this am)

More than 100 people have died in a suspected hemorrhagic fever outbreak in a remote part of Congo, local health officials said Wednesday. People began dying of the suspected fever two weeks ago near Mweka , a village in the province of Kasai Occidental, said Jean-Constatin Kanow, the chief medical inspector for the province. Congo has in the past seen large outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola, hemorrhagic 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.)

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?cid=13138&cat=dis&lang=eng
 
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100 Dead In Congo From Suspected Hemorrhagic Fever-Official-2Last update: 8/29/2007 10:59:02 AMKINSHASA, Congo (AP)--More than 100 people have died in a suspected hemorrhagic fever outbreak in a remote part of Congo, local health officials said Wednesday. People began dying of the suspected fever two weeks ago in the Mweka area of the province of Kasai Occidental, said Jean-Constatin Kanow, the chief medical inspector for the province. Congo has in the past seen large outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola, both hemorrhagic 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. "We began by suspecting typhoid fever, but now we believe its hemorrhagic fever," said Kanow. The deaths began following the funeral of two village chiefs. "Everyone that attended those funerals is now dead," said the medical inspector. In all, four villages are affected and 217 people have come down with the illness, including 103 who died. Of the dead, 100 were adults and three were children, said Kanow. Two medical teams from the province's administrative seat have been sent to Mweka, an area that has a population of 140,000. A third team from the National Institute of Biomedical Research was expected to arrive Wednesday from Kinshasa, the capital, 690 kilometers (430 miles) northwest of Mweka. The researchers were planning to take blood samples to be analyzed at laboratories specializing in hemorrhagic fever. (END) Dow Jones Newswires
 
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Congo-Kinshasa: Suspected Haemorrhagic Fever Claims 100 in Kasai

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks

30 August 2007

Kinshasa

An epidemic suspected to be haemorrhagic fever has broken out in the Mweka area, about 100km north-west of Kananga, the administrative centre of Kasai Occidental province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 100 deaths, according to health authorities.

The provincial doctor, Jean-Constatin Kanow, said 217 people had contracted the disease, of whom 103 had died, three of them children, since 8 June.


According to Kanow, the epidemic affected four villages: Kampungu, Makonono, Kaluamba and Mombo, but it had not been firmly identified yet and it was still progressing.

"We suspected a typhoid fever but now we think it is a haemorrhagic fever," said Kanow.

Specialists from the World Health Organisation said they were aware of the outbreak but were waiting for the test results, said a WHO doctor, who wished to remain anonymous as only Congolese officials have the prerogative to communicate with the media on the subject.

Kanow said the disease was first recognised on 8 June after the death of two village chiefs. "All the people who assisted in the burial of these chiefs have died," he said.

About 30,000 people live in the four villages. However, the rest of the population in the Mweka health area are at risk of catching the disease. Two provincial health investigation and intervention teams are visiting the villages.

"We have sent a team of doctors and researchers and we are waiting for the results, which will be available after the samples have been examined in laboratories," said the vice-minister of health, Ferdinand Ntua.

The provincial authorities have already been taking care of the patients and sent medicines as well as chlorine to disinfect the water.

According to Kanow, the disease is spread through contact with sick and infected people. Its first symptoms are fever, vomiting, diarrhoea with blood and dehydration, which lead to the patient's death.

"It all happens in five to seven days," said Kanow.

The DRC has already witnessed several epidemics of haemorrhagic fevers. The worst was the Ebola outbreak in 1995 in the city of Kikwit, in Bandundu province, where about 250 people died.

Elsewhere, Marburg fever also had devastating consequences last year, notably in Watsa and Durba in Oriental province.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200708300861.html
 
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WHO press release

Unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

31 August 2007

An outbreak of an unknown illness with a high mortality has been reported from the province of Kasai Occidental, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The exact number of cases and deaths is unknown at this time.

The clinical features in the majority of cases include fever, headache, diarrhoea or colicky abdominal pain, and vomiting. Over 50% of cases have been in children under 10 years of age.

An investigation team from the Provincial and National Health Ministries, the Institut National de Recherches Biologiques (INRB) and WHO is in the field, and has taken clinical samples for laboratory testing.

WHO is mobilizing support for the epidemiological investigation and logistics, including supplies, and water and sanitation and technical partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) have offered to provide support to the MoH if required.

At the present time, the etiological agent is unknown but the national health authorities have taken a precautionary approach and are implementing measures to improve hygiene, ensure the safety of the water supply, promote safe burial practices and strengthen infection control.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_08_31a/en/index.html
 
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Congo-Kinshasa: Mystery Deadly Illness Prompts UN to Send in Health Experts

http://allafrica.com/stories/200709010003.html

Kinshasa

United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) experts have arrived in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where there has been an outbreak of an unknown but highly deadly illness that is proving to be particularly harmful for young children.

WHO said in a statement today that the exact number of cases and deaths is unknown, but the illness - which so far has no known cause - has a high mortality rate. Most sufferers experience fever, headaches, diarrhoea, vomiting and colicky abdominal pain, and more than 50 per cent of cases involve children under the age of 10.

A joint investigation team from WHO, the DRC's provincial and national health ministries and the National Institute of Biological Research (known by its French acronym INRB) has reached the source of the outbreak, in Kasai Occidental province, and taken clinical samples for laboratory testing.

WHO said it was also mobilizing support to mount an epidemiological investigation and to provide logistics, such as water, sanitation and other supplies, should they be required in any emergency response.

National health authorities in the DRC have already begun implementing measures to improve hygiene, strengthen infection controls, ensure the safety of the water supply and promote safe burial practices to try to limit the outbreak.
 
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Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Diseeas

thanks Niko!
 
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Two distinct outbreaks???



Archive Number 20070901.2882Published Date 01-SEP-2007Subject PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed illness - Congo DR (Kasai Occidental): WHO, RFI

UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (KASAI OCCIDENTAL):
WHO, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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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: Fri 31 Aug 2007
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) Epidemic and Pandemic Alert
and Response (EPR) disease outbreak news [edited]
<http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_08_31a/en/>


An outbreak of an unknown illness with a high mortality has been
reported from the province of Kasai Occidental, in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. The exact number of cases and deaths is
unknown at this time.

The clinical features in the majority of cases include fever,
headache, diarrhoea or colicky abdominal pain, and vomiting. Over 50
percent of cases have been in children under 10 years of age.

An investigation team from the Provincial and National Health
Ministries, the Institut National de Recherches Biologiques (INRB),
and WHO is in the field, and has taken clinical samples for
laboratory testing. WHO is mobilizing support for the epidemiological
investigation and logistics, including supplies, and water and
sanitation and technical partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and
Response Network (GOARN) have offered to provide support to the MoH
(Ministry of Health) if required.

At the present time, the etiological agent is unknown, but the
national health authorities have taken a precautionary approach and
are implementing measures to improve hygiene, ensure the safety of
the water supply, promote safe burial practices, and strengthen
infection control.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>

[This outbreak appears to be in the same general area as the oubreak
attributed by the media 3 days ago to viral hemorrhagic fever or
typhoid -- see ProMED archive below. However, this report does not
mention hemorrhagic symptoms, and in contrast to the other, which
reported that only 3 /103 deaths were in children, this says 50
percent (of an unstated number of cases and deaths) were children. - Mod.JW]

[ProMED-mail requests additional information about this outbreak as
it becomes available. The identification of the etiological agent
would be of particular interest, as well as epidemiological
information about the outbreak, including the numbers of cases over
time, age distribution, case fatality rates, and environmental assessment.

A map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo can be accessed at
<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/congo_demrep_pol98.jpg>
- Mod. TY]

[see also:
Viral hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (Kasai Occidental): susp. 20070829.2837]
........................................ty/mj/jw

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,39098
 
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Other Promed entry referenced in my previous post.

<table summary=""><tbody><tr><td align="right" nowrap="nowrap">Archive Number</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">20070829.2837</td></tr><tr><td align="right" nowrap="nowrap">Published Date</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">29-AUG-2007</td></tr><tr><td align="right" nowrap="nowrap">Subject</td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">PRO/AH/EDR> Viral hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (Kasai Occidental): susp.</td></tr> </tbody></table>

VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (KASAI
OCCIDENTAL): SUSPECTED
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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: 29 Aug 2007
From: ProMED-mail

Source: Evening Echo Ireland [edited]
<http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=14974196&p=y4974z4z&n=14974284>


Haemorrhagic fever kills more than 100
-----------------------------------
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.

--
Communicated by ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>

[A map of the DRC, showing Kananga, capital of Kasai Occidental
province, near the Angolan border, can be seen at
<http://kids.mapzones.com/world/democratic_republic_of_congo/drc.jpg>

The small number of children could be explained by the fact that
children normally take no part in nursing the sick, nor in touching
the bodies of the dead when preparing them for burial, so do not come
into close contact with infectious material. - Mod.JW]

[see also:
Viral hemorrhagic fever - Uganda (Kamwenge): Marburg conf. 20070801.2490
Viral hemorrhagic fever - Uganda (Kamwenge): Marburg susp., RFI 20070801.2475
2006
----
Viral hemorrhagic fever - Kenya (Garissa): susp 20061221.3578
2002
----
Viral hemorrhagic fever, susp - Zimbabwe: NOT 20020327.3828
Viral hemorrhagic fever, susp - Zimbabwe ex Congo DR 20020319.3772
2001
----
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Congo, DR (05): NOT 20011214.3024
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Gabon (06) 20011210.2994
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Congo, DR (04) 20011210.2993
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Gabon (05) 20011210.2992
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Congo, DR (03) 20011210.2991
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Gabon (04) 20011209.2986
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Gabon (03) 20011208.2974
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Congo, DR (02) 20011208.2973
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Gabon (02) 20011206.2961
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Congo, DR 20011206.2960
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Gabon 20011205.2950]</promed@promedmail>
 
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Translation of French news article from Kinshasa
August 28, 2007


Kanaga

<TABLE class=contentpaneopen><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2>Tuesday 28/08/2007

20 new deaths of unknown disease
These deaths are added to the 84 of last week. According to the provincial medical inspection, they succumbed to a disease not yet identified in the villages of Kampungu and of Mombo Munene on the Mweka-Lwebo road, radiookapi.net pays
According to the provincial medical inspection, the infection is not yet given although it is similar to the typhoid fever.
The symptoms of this disease remain the same ones. The patients complain about fever, headaches and acute diarrhoea. They die of dehydration.
The committee of crisis set up deplores the speed of the contagion. The contact with the patient is enough so that death follows in the 3 to 4 days. The rescue squad began her research in the community to record the patients to be dealt with.
She provided herself with drugs and materials of essential care joined together by the government and her partners of health. According to the doctor provincial inspector, the patients avoid going in the 3 zones of health of this village. They consider the expensive care. And these structures know a deficiency in drugs.
The chief consultants of the zones of health of Mweka and Luebo estimates that the received drugs are insufficient. They wish a reinforcement to limit the contagion being given the intensity of the commercial activities in this village.
According to WHO, a team of the national institute of biomedical research intends to arrive Tuesday to look further into research. The provincial medical inspection speaks already about a viral disease considering the speed of the contagion. It adds that in last April, a significant number of birds and animals suddenly died in this village.
The OBS. /Okapinet


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http://www.lobservateur.cd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7422&Itemid=32
 
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Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Disease

And another translation from today . . .

Mweka: epidemic of fever of unknown origin, according to the national Minister for health

Western Kasa? | September 2, 2007 with 11:13: 14


The Minister for health, Victor Makwenge Kaput, indicates that the sick people present headaches, fever as well as abdominal pains. He also announces a certain number of deaths without determining the number, notes radiookapi.net
According to the national Minister for health, Victor Makwenge Kaput, the provincial team described the phenomenon. ?. Indeed, the sick people presented headaches, fever, pains abdominal and liquid saddles. It [the provincial team] counted a certain number of cases and deaths. Much case answers usual antibiotics. With the reception of the 1st report/ratio of the provincial team, within sight of the clinical picture and level of lethality which turns around 20%, the assumptions diagnoses make us think rather of a gastroent?rite of bacterial origin. The diagnosis of laboratory is essential to slice on the cause of this phenomenon. While waiting, we put all works about it for a correct assumption of responsibility of the cases. ?

To avoid the propagation, the ministry for health recommends to strictly observe the elementary rules of hygiene. To know, to wash the hands before eating, washing the hands after having relieved itself and finally to drink water pulp.
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http://www.radiookapi.net/index.php?i=53&a=14374
 
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Mystery deadly illness harmful for young children in central DR Congo

World Health Organization (WHO) experts have arrived in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where there has been an outbreak of an unknown but highly deadly illness that is proving to be particularly harmful for young children.

WHO said in a statement today that the exact number of cases and deaths is unknown, but the illness ? which so far has no known cause ? has a high mortality rate. Most sufferers experience fever, headaches, diarrhoea, vomiting and colicky abdominal pain, and more than 50 per cent of cases involve children under the age of 10.

A joint investigation team from WHO, the DRC?s provincial and national health ministries and the National Institute of Biological Research (known by its French acronym INRB) has reached the source of the outbreak, in Kasai Occidental province, and taken clinical samples for laboratory testing.

WHO said it was also mobilizing support to mount an epidemiological investigation and to provide logistics, such as water, sanitation and other supplies, should they be required in any emergency response.

National health authorities in the DRC have already begun implementing measures to improve hygiene, strengthen infection controls, ensure the safety of the water supply and promote safe burial practices to try to limit the outbreak.

.
 
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Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Disease

Very straight forward:

A mysterious illness in the Congo has experts scratching their heads


The illness which appeared three months ago in chickens and pigs later spread to humans causing high fever, vomiting, headache and diarrhea and has claimed the lives of anything from 60 to 100 people.

Many of the victims are thought to have been in contact with the deceased, including medical staff, who lacked the most basic equipment such as face masks to deal with the illness.

The latest victim was a nurse at a local hospital who died last week after taking care of infected patients.

The worse affected area appears to be the province of Kasai Occidental and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have been sent to there to try to establish the cause of the illness.

The epidemic has affected the four villages of Kampungu, Makonono, Kaluamba and Mombo.

A joint team consisting of members from WHO, provincial and national health ministries and the National Institute of Biological Research are collecting blood samples for testing at laboratories specialising in haemorrhagic fever.

The WHO says the disease has a high mortality rate and children are particularly vulnerable to the infection.

It is thought general hygiene conditions along with traditional rituals such as bathing dead bodies by hand have helped spread the disease.

WHO said the exact number of victims who have died from the disease is not known.

Health care workers are taking measures to contain the spread of the disease, including improving general hygiene.

Congo's last major Ebola outbreak killed more than 200 people in 1995 in Kikwit, about 400km west of the current outbreak.

Health officials say at this stage it is too early to determine if the new epidemic outbreak is in fact a haemorrhagic fever.
 
A mysterious illness in the Congo has experts scratching their heads

A mysterious illness in the Congo has experts scratching their heads

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The illness which appeared three months ago in chickens and pigs later spread to humans causing high fever, vomiting, headache and diarrhea and has claimed the lives of anything from 60 to 100 people.

Many of the victims are thought to have been in contact with the deceased, including medical staff, who lacked the most basic equipment such as face masks to deal with the illness.

The latest victim was a nurse at a local hospital who died last week after taking care of infected patients.

The worse affected area appears to be the province of Kasai Occidental and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have been sent to there to try to establish the cause of the illness.

The epidemic has affected the four villages of Kampungu, Makonono, Kaluamba and Mombo.

A joint team consisting of members from WHO, provincial and national health ministries and the National Institute of Biological Research are collecting blood samples for testing at laboratories specialising in haemorrhagic fever.

The WHO says the disease has a high mortality rate and children are particularly vulnerable to the infection.

It is thought general hygiene conditions along with traditional rituals such as bathing dead bodies by hand have helped spread the disease.
WHO said the exact number of victims who have died from the disease is not known.

Health care workers are taking measures to contain the spread of the disease, including improving general hygiene.

Congo's last major Ebola outbreak killed more than 200 people in 1995 in Kikwit, about 400km west of the current outbreak.

Health officials say at this stage it is too early to determine if the new epidemic outbreak is in fact a haemorrhagic fever.

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Still not sure if this is one disease outbreak. :confused:

Mystery DR Congo fever kills 100

WEST KASAI, DR Congo, 09/02 - More than 100 people have died because of a fever epidemic in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health officials say.

Many of the victims are people who have been in contact with the deceased, including medical staff, and who lack equipment to deal with the illness.

The latest victim was a nurse at a local hospital. She died on Thursday after taking care of infected patients.

Health officials say the medical staff had no masks and this put them at risk.

Speaking from Kananga, the capital of West Kasai region, Dr Jean-Constantin Kanow said the illness had first started three months ago, when chickens and pigs started dying - but now people were also affected.

The epidemic was affecting four villages: Kampungu, Makonono, Kaluamba and Mombo.
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Mweka : epidemic about ague d?origine stranger , according him minister home any health Kasa? Western | 02 September 2007 at 111314:: Him minister any health , Triumphant Makwenge Kaput , declare as the people ill present any maux about head , any ague as well as any aches abdominal. He description equally a number of demise without condition the number , ascertains radiookapi.net According him minister home any health , Triumphant Makwenge Kaput l??quipe provincial has decrying him freak. ?. Effectively , the people ill pr?sentaient any maux about head , any ague , any aches abdominal and any saddle liquid. Her l??quipe provincial ] has d?nombr? a number of case and any demise. A good deal of case answering machine at the antibiotics customary. At the desk any 1er connection about l??quipe provincial , at the saw any board clinical and any level about l?talit? thanksggiving gyrate about 20%, the guess diagnosis ourselves do expect fairly to a gastroent?rite d?origine bacterial. Him diagnosis about laboratory am essential for arbitrate about her cause of this freak. Pending , we are putting all at ?uvre for a point at charge accurately any case. ? For avoid her propagation , him department any health advises d'observer strictly the rules elementary d'hygi?ne. HAS know , wash the hand before about eat , wash the hand after s'?tre soulag? and at last drink about water mash:magnify: the original..
Mweka : ?pid?mie de fi?vre d?origine inconnue, selon le ministre national de la sant?

Kasa? Occidental | 02 Septembre 2007 ? 11:13:14

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Le ministre de la sant?, Victor Makwenge Kaput, indique que les personnes malades pr?sentent des maux de t?te, de la fi?vre ainsi que des douleurs abdominales. Il signale ?galement un certain nombre de d?c?s sans d?terminer le nombre, constate radiookapi.net
Selon le ministre national de la sant?, Victor Makwenge Kaput, l??quipe provinciale a d?crit le ph?nom?ne. ? . En effet, les personnes malades pr?sentaient des maux de t?te, de la fi?vre, des douleurs abdominales et des selles liquides. Elle [l??quipe provinciale] a d?nombr? un certain nombre de cas et des d?c?s. Beaucoup de cas r?pondent aux antibiotiques usuels. A la r?ception du 1er rapport de l??quipe provinciale, au vu du tableau clinique et du niveau de l?talit? qui tourne autour de 20%, les hypoth?ses diagnostics nous font penser plut?t ? une gastroent?rite d?origine bact?rienne. Le diagnostic de laboratoire est essentiel pour trancher sur la cause de ce ph?nom?ne. En attendant, nous mettons tout en ?uvre pour une prise en charge correcte des cas. ?

Pour ?viter la propagation, le minist?re de la sant? recommande d'observer strictement les r?gles ?l?mentaires d'hygi?ne. A savoir, se laver les mains avant de manger, se laver les mains apr?s s'?tre soulag? et enfin boire de l'eau bouillie.
Par Redacteur Web :tiphat: http://www.radiookapi.net/index.php?i=53&l=0&c=0&a=14374&da=&of=22&s=&m=2&k=0&r=all&sc=0
 
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Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Disease

Unknown disease strikes the Congo
Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:22:01
Source: Agencies
Medical experts from the UN and WHO are investigating the outbreak of an unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According to the report published by WHO, the definite number of affected cases or deaths are still unclear, although it was stated that more than half of the cases are children aged 10 years and younger.

The experts say the unknown disease is characterized by fever, headache, diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting.

WHO experts and the Congolese government have started investigations from the central part of the country where the outbreak began.

PKH/HGH
 
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Still not certain there are two separate diseases. I spent over an hour trying to map the 4 villages (Kampungu, Makonono, Kaluamba and Mombo). I found all of them in Kasai Occidental although the names came up a little different in Google and Expedia. The maps I have viewed show these areas are a bit spread out. (unlike the proximity of little hamlets/villages in Garut, Indo, for instance)
  • Some articles say people began dying 2 weeks ago, other say much longer.
  • Clinical symptoms vary with the reports as well. Some report hemorrhagic symptoms, others don't. The symptoms do not rule out H5N1. No reports have mentioned H5N1.
  • Some say 3 children out of 103 people, some say 50% children.
  • The deaths of chickens and pigs are mentioned in more than one report.
 
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Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Disease

Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Disease

Viral haemorrhagic fever fact sheet

http://www.aodgp.gov.au/internet/wc...h-pubhlth-strateg-communic-factsheets-vhf.htm

Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a highly infectious, and often fatal, disease. This fact sheet covers: background; occurrence; vaccination; treatment; avoidance; quarantine measures.

Background
Viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are a group of highly infectious, and often fatal, diseases caused by several different viruses. Illness is characterised by the sudden onset of fever, malaise, headache, sore throat, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea, skin rash, and haemorrhage. The fatality rate varies depending on the particular virus involved but can be as high as 90 per cent.

The viruses are usually transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks and animals (including monkeys) and then the infection is transmitted between humans through contact with body fluids (e.g., blood, semen) and possibly through droplets placed in the air by coughing or sneezing.

Occurrence, transmission and symptoms
Four viral haemorrhagic fevers, Ebola, Marburg, Crimean-Congo and Lassa, are quarantinable diseases in Australia. These diseases are caused by viruses which rapidly produce life threatening illness due to systemic blood loss.

Ebola and Marburg virus infection occurs in Central and East Africa. It is not known how humans are initially infected in the environment. However, once a human is infected, the virus is easily spread between persons via body fluids during the haemorrhagic stages of the illness. Aerosol transmission has not been reported in the hospital environment.

The incubation period for Ebola virus is two to twenty-one days and for Marburg virus it is three to nine days. The symptoms of infection are the sudden onset of fever, malaise, headache and muscle pain followed by sore throat, vomiting and diarrhoea, abdominal pain, jaundice, oedema and bleeding. The death rate for Ebola infection ranges between 50 and 90 per cent and for Marburg infection is between 20 and 30 per cent.

Lassa virus infection occurs in Western Africa between Nigeria and Senegal through contact with wild rodents. The disease is most common during the dry season between January and April. Transmission between humans occurs through infected body fluids. The risk of aerosol transmission between humans is considered to be very low. The incubation period is between six to twenty-one days.

The symptoms of infection are fever, malaise, muscle pain, cough, headache, conjunctivitis, sore throat, chest and abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea, and bleeding. The death rate is about 15 per cent.

Crimean-Congo virus infection can occur in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Central Asia, north-west China, India and Africa. The virus is maintained in many domestic and wild animals and is transmitted to humans primarily by the bite of an infected tick. Transmission between humans occurs by infected body fluids. The disease is considered to be highly infectious in a hospital setting.

The incubation period is usually between one and three days but may be as long as 12 days. The symptoms of infection are the sudden onset of fever, malaise, headache, severe pain in limbs, muscle pain, sore throat, shock, vomiting, abdominal pain, rash and bleeding. The death rate varies from 2 to 50 per cent.

Vaccination
No vaccine is available for any VHF.

Treatment
Antiviral drugs may be effective in some cases. Otherwise, only symptomatic treatment can be provided. Early diagnosis and intensive supportive therapy may be life saving.

Avoidance
Travellers should avoid contact with animals in areas where VHFs are known to occur and avoid contact with any person suspected of being infected with a VHF.
 
Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Disease

Re: 100 dead Congo hemorrhagic fever-WHO Experts In Congo To Study Mysterious Disease

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An epidemic close to the fever of Ebola shakes Mweka


La Prosp?rit? (Kinshasa)


CURRENT EVENTS
September 3, 2007
Published on the Web on September 4, 2007

By Peter Tshibangu
Kinshasa

West. It presents clinical signs near to the fever known as of Ebola. There are deaths and the fashion of contamination is not revealed yet by the experts that the Minister for health dispatched on the ground. However, of the provisions of isolation of the patients are taken.

There is a few days the medical department epidemiologic monitoring of the province noted an abnormally raised number of deaths in the medical zone of Luamba, territory of Mweka in the Kasa?-Westerner.


At once informed, the Minister for health, Victor Makwenge Kaput, dispatched a team of contingency before asking the provincial medical team of epidemiologic service to carry out a complete examination on this situation.

The deployed doctors with Luamba described some symptoms: the sick person makes headaches, fever, of pain abdominal and loss of liquid and blood (?). The doctors counted certain numbers of case and deaths among the people touched by this epidemic. Many reacto to residual antibiotics.

In front of the width of this fever which prevails cruelly, a team made up biologists of the University Private clinics of Kinshasa and INERB received mandate to fly to the help of the provincial team and to try to pose the diagnoses. To date, the taking away made on the sick people is spirit to be examined with the INERB and the results of the analyses will be soon known.

The specialists work (tears off feet) on the data of the various sources to determine the exact origin of this epizooty. This situation, according to the Minister for health, makes partly that many patients was not consulted in the Center health. Within sight of clinical picture which turns around 20%, the assumptions of the diagnoses posed turn around gastro-intestinal disease of bacterial origin.

The diagnosis of the laboratory is essential to find on the cause of this phenomenon, confirmed the minister in a chain of the periphery collected in Kinshasa.

While waiting for the establishment of the relations between various cases to find the probable source of contamination and of the assumption of responsibility for the remainder of the cases, the medical department is informed to isolate the patients to decrease the contamination.

To avoid the propagation of the disease in question, it is advised, as in the case of Ebola, to observe the elementary elements of hygiene to knowing: to wash the hands before eating, washing the hands after being to relieve and drink water pulp. The government is concerned with situation and put all urgent provisions to relieve the population disaster victim.

http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200709041240.html
 
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