Guinea - Koubia : an anthrax outbreak leads to 10 deaths and 9 hospitalized in Linguere (Faafayah)

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Sat, May 24, 2014 , 1:52
Posted By Nouhou Balde

Koubia : a cattle plague outbreak leads to 9 deaths in Linguere ( Faafayah )

The village of Linguere Katia , located 27 km east of Koubia is struck by a cattle plague epidemic which has already resulted in 9 fatalities including 5 children . Here , verbatim , the report of our colleague Koubia Alpha Diallo, corresponding at the RTG Koubia .

"It is from misery and ignorance that villagers consumed the meat of animals affected by the disease. Consequently, the symptoms for some people : bumps on the face, inflammation, diarrhea and deaths follow ! More than three ( 3) victims within two days.

Faced with the frequency of deaths in the village , including students, the teacher of the area worries and informs the health post in the prefecture of Faafayah which, in turn, notify the prefectural authorities Koubia . As of this Friday, May 23, 2014 , the village of Linguere Katia has recorded nine deaths, including five children.

At this moment , seven (7) patients , most of them children are receiving intensive care in the district hospital of Koubia .

This painful situation that affects people painfully in Linguere Katia concerns health authorities who confirms the epizootic.

http://guineenews.org/2014/05/koubi...-bovine-entraine-9-morts-a-linguere-faafayah/

 

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Sat, May 24 2014, 6:43 p.m.
Posted By Alhaidy Sow

DRS Labe responds to the epidemic of anthrax that killed 9 to Koubia

As announced in one of our previous dispatches locality Linguere Katia in the sub-prefecture of Fafaya Prefecture Koubia is struck since last March by a deadly infectious disease that affects animals (cattle and goats).

Based on clinical signs of disease which are inter alia at eruptions spotty skin. Outbreaks often appear at the surface, while the first forming papules and vesicles. After that forms a blackish crust at the infected part. Through these signs, health officials in the administrative region of Labe concluded that it is indeed the anthrax.

Dr Tounkourouma, the doctor responsible for the prevention and fight against the disease at DRS (Regional Health Directorate) Labe says: "Indeed, we were informed by the DPS (prefectural health director) of Koubia which , also had the information through a teacher who found that there was every time the dead; Therefore, he said, because it concerned especially students. So he gave the information to the head of the health center Fafaya. Which in turn is made on the premises. He found that there was indeed from the report 9 dead and seven patients admitted to hospital Koubia for support, "he began.

"Thus, through the symptoms we realized that this is the bat?rien coal. Contamination from person to person it is only through the crust of the patient as possible. You know that the bacteria are found in the crust. So, an infected person can also contaminate other healthy person through its crust, "says the specialist.

The doctor in charge of prevention and fight against the disease at DRS Labe regrets, however, a lack of communication on the part of local authorities Fafaya: "As I said earlier, this is since March that the disease appeared to Fafaya; there has been a lack of information from the local authority (Fafaya) vis-?-vis the deaths that took place in their community. Because when there is death normally must inform the authority, we must go back information. In addition, when people get sick, they do not go to health facilities and die like that. While the authority on the field should find out the cause of death; This is what has been missing, "he lamented to micro Guineenews.org.

According to our information, the anthrax in question is an infectious disease that is contracted through contact between a person and a sick animal or consumption of coal meat.

http://guineenews.org/2014/05/la-dr...harbon-bacterien-qui-a-fait-9-morts-a-koubia/

 

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Guinea Health: Anthrax in Guinea , ten victims

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:44 p.m.

Guinea - Ten people , mostly children , were killed in a village in the prefecture Koubia ( North ) as a result of anthrax caused by eating meat from an infected animal , announced Monday on the radio national , Dr Ibrahima Kourouma , prefectural health director said locality situated about 300 km from Conakry.

The same source noted that nine other children are hospitalized in the health district of Koubia where one patient , a toddler , died Monday.

Stressing that the disease has been detected since last March in the locality where ' people do not pay attention because of their ignorance ' , Dr. Kourouma assured that evil has been limited through the arrangements , including the free distribution of medicines .

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