Published Date: 2013-11-16 16:31:05
Subject: PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths - Uganda: (KI): RFI
Archive Number: 20131116.2058886
UNDIAGNOSED DEATHS - UGANDA: (KIBAALE): REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Wed 13 Nov 2013
Source: New Vision (Uganda) [edited]
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/649380-strange-disease-kills-5-in-kibaale-district.html
A strange disease is reported to have killed 5 people in Rugashali Sub-County, Kibaale district. The deaths have occurred in the last 2 weeks [approx. between 30 Oct 2013 and 13 Nov 2013].
Rugashali Sub-County chairperson, Tumusime Mutebire, singles out Kanyamunya in Yorudani Parish Buyaga West Kibaale District as the most affected village.
Patients develop symptoms of swollen stomach, legs, arms and stomach complications.
Kibaale District Health Officer, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, said the disease remains strange but a team of health workers has been dispatched to the affected Sub-County.
[Byline: Andrew Musinguzi]
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[The information is very sparse, but a gastrointestinal infection complicated by kidney failure could be an explanation. It would help to know if there was fever, diarrhea or cutaneous or mucosal bleeding. ProMED will be happy to post further details if available. - Mod.EP
Subject: PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths - Uganda: (KI): RFI
Archive Number: 20131116.2058886
UNDIAGNOSED DEATHS - UGANDA: (KIBAALE): 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: Wed 13 Nov 2013
Source: New Vision (Uganda) [edited]
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/649380-strange-disease-kills-5-in-kibaale-district.html
A strange disease is reported to have killed 5 people in Rugashali Sub-County, Kibaale district. The deaths have occurred in the last 2 weeks [approx. between 30 Oct 2013 and 13 Nov 2013].
Rugashali Sub-County chairperson, Tumusime Mutebire, singles out Kanyamunya in Yorudani Parish Buyaga West Kibaale District as the most affected village.
Patients develop symptoms of swollen stomach, legs, arms and stomach complications.
Kibaale District Health Officer, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, said the disease remains strange but a team of health workers has been dispatched to the affected Sub-County.
[Byline: Andrew Musinguzi]
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>
[The information is very sparse, but a gastrointestinal infection complicated by kidney failure could be an explanation. It would help to know if there was fever, diarrhea or cutaneous or mucosal bleeding. ProMED will be happy to post further details if available. - Mod.EP