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ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Corrected

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Archive Number 20091113.3927
Published Date 13-NOV-2009
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (08): (KS) conf.


EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (08): (KASAI
OCCIDENTAL) CONFIRMED
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A ProMED-mail post
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ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>

Date: Thurs,12 Nov 2009
Source: Casafree, a report by the Xinhua News Agency [edited]
<http://www.casafree.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=26391>


Ebola: New outbreak in Kasai Occidental, central DR Congo
---------------------------------------------------------
The Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Augustus Mupipi Mukulumanya, confirmed in a news release on Friday [6
Nov 2009] in Kinshasa, the presence of Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus
in the city of Kaluamba located in the health area of Mweka, Kasai
Occidental (central DRC). An alert has been declared.

Calling on appropriate organizations, including the World Health
Organization (WHO), to support the DRC in coordinating the response to
this epidemic, the Minister said it's the 2nd time that this disease
has occurred in the health zone of Mweka. The 1st outbreak had
occurred in that area between April and October 2007 [see ProMED
archives below].

Since December 17, 2008, there have been 13 cases, including 9 deaths,
according to statistical data from the medical inspector of the
province of Kasai Occidental.

In the DRC, Ebola hemorrhagic fever was previously notified in the
provinces of Ecuador (in Yambuku in 1976 and Tandala in 1977),
Bandundu (Kikwit in 1995), in Eastern province (in Durba in 1999 and
2000) [but see comment below] and Kasai Occidental (Mweka in 2007).
--
Reported by:
ProMED-FRA
<promed-fra@promedmail.com>

[The hemorrhagic fever in Durba was caused by a related filovirus
called Marburg virus, not Ebola virus ? see ProMED archive Marburg
hemorrhagic fever - Congo, DR (05) 20000322.0402.
This appears to be an Ebola outbreak that is sparking along with
sporadic cases for a year, probably due to migratory fruit bats that
frequent the area -- see ProMED archive Ebola hemorrhagic fever, fruit
bat - Congo DR, 2007 20090530.2014. ? Mod.JW]

[An interactive HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of the Democratic Republic
of Congo showing Kananga, the capital of the province of Kasai
Occidental, is available at
<http://healthmap.org/r/00_Y> - Mod.FE]
 
Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

I have SERIOUS doubts about this story. The only source is the Xinhua article, with no mention in Radio Okapi or any other news source. There is no specific data about case or death counts. And there were two previous Ebola outbreaks there in the past two years. I think this is an echo of the confirmation of one of them.
 
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Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Actually, a closer reading tells me EXACTLY what happened - if they are calling this the 2nd outbreak, it is a repeat of last year's confirmation - a new outbreak would have been the third. Also note the date of December 17, 2008 in the article - how did they miss that? And the bottom of the original source mentions a release date of December 27, 2008. Yikes.

ProMed needs to issue a correction...
 
Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

It seems you are right Alert.
 
Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Alert - What are the numbers of affected persons in each outbreak? Are they different?
 
Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Florida1, promed is using a article from December of 2008. This is the article that they are using. They got confused, there is no new outreak. There is the one is December of 2008 and no new one.

27/12/2008 21:22:17

Health: Ebola: New outbreak in Kasai Occidental, central DR Congo
The Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Augustus Mupipi Mukulumanya, confirmed in a press release issued Friday in Kinshasa, the presence of the epidemic of haemorrhagic fever Ebola virus (FHV) in Kaluamba locality situated in the area of health Mweka Kasai Occidental (central DRC).

"After analyzing samples from Kaluamba, it turns out we're again facing an epidemic of haemorrhagic fever virus Ebola


Stressed the Congolese minister, who recalled that he visited Wednesday and Thursday in Kananga, capital of Kasai Occidental province, to realize the health situation, the committee and support teams areas health of this province and manage the alert that has been launched.

Calling the appropriate organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the DRC in coordinating the response to this epidemic, the minister said that this is the second time that this disease occurs in health zone Mweka.

The first outbreak of Ebola had occurred in that area between April and October 2007.

Since December 17, 2008, there were 13 cases including nine deaths, according to statistics provided by the medical inspector of the province of Kasai Occidental.

In DRC, the Ebola hemorrhagic fever had already declared in the provinces of Ecuador (in Yambuku in 1976 and Tandala 1977), Bandundu (Kikwit in 1995) in the Eastern Province (in Durba in 1999 and 2000) and Kasai Occidental (to Mweka in 2007).

http://www.casafree.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=26391
 
Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Still no correction, but now ProMed EAFR has come out with a post based on the same echo article. The outbreak referenced in the echo article was contained in early January.

http://eafr.promedmail.org/

ProMed-EAFR:East Africa

View printable version
Published Date
2009-11-16 14:27:04
Subject
PRO/EAFR> Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR: (KS) conf.
Archive Number
20091116.203738
Full Text
EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: (KASAI
OCCIDENTAL) CONFIRMED
***********************************************
Date: 12 Nov 2009
Source: Casafree, a report by the Xinhua News Agency [edited]
http://www.casafree.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=26391


The Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Augustus Mupipi Mukulumanya, confirmed in a news release on Friday [6
Nov 2009] in Kinshasa the presence of Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus
in the city of Kaluamba, located in the health area of Mweka, Kasai
Occidental (central DRC). An alert has been declared.

Calling on appropriate organizations, including the World Health
Organization (WHO), to support the DRC in coordinating the response
to this epidemic, the Minister said it's the 2nd time that this
disease has occurred in the health zone of Mweka. The 1st outbreak
had occurred in that area between April and October 2007 [see ProMED
archives below].

Since 17 Dec 2008, there have been 13 cases, including 9 deaths,
according to statistical data from the medical inspector of the
province of Kasai Occidental.

In the DRC, Ebola hemorrhagic fever was previously notified in the
provinces of Ecuador (in Yambuku in 1976 and Tandala in 1977),
Bandundu (Kikwit in 1995), in Eastern province (in Durba in 1999 and
2000) [but see comment below] and Kasai Occidental (Mweka in 2007).

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-FRA


[The hemorrhagic fever in Durba was caused by a related filovirus
called Marburg virus, not Ebola virus; see ProMED archive Marburg
hemorrhagic fever - Congo, DR (05) 20000322.0402. This appears to be
an Ebola outbreak that is sparking along with sporadic cases for a
year, probably due to migratory fruit bats that frequent the area;
see ProMED archive Ebola hemorrhagic fever, fruit bat - Congo DR,
2007 20090530.2014. - Mod.JW]

[An interactive HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of the Democratic Republic
of Congo showing Kananga, the capital of the province of Kasai
Occidental, is available at http://healthmap.org/r/00_Y. - Mod.FE]
 
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Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Possible repeat echo story?

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (09): (KASAI
OCCIDENTAL) NOT
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ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org

Date: 23 Nov 2009
From: Larry Madoff <lmadoff@promedmail.org>


On 13 Nov 2009, ProMED posted a report of a news story describing an
outbreak of Ebola in the Kasai Occidental region of the Democratic
Republic of Congo [archive number 20091113.3927]. This appears to be
an inadvertent duplication of a report that had originated in
December of 2008, and there does not appear to have been any new
outbreak in the region.

ProMED regrets the error and appreciates the assistance of an astute
reader for bringing it to our attention.

--
Larry Madoff, MD
Editor, ProMED-mail
lmadoff@promedmail.org
 
Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Corrected

thanks for the updates everyone, and that's very good news...whew!~~~
 
Re: ProMed reports another Ebola outbreak in DRC - Corrected

"ProMED regrets the error and appreciates the assistance of an astute
reader for bringing it to our attention."


I sent an email on November 13th on behalf of FluTrackers.

Thanks everyone.
 
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