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       Mystery illness in Congo kills more than 50 people
       By: jsmth321 Date: February 25, 2025, 10:02 am
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       An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in the northwest of
       the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to doctors in the
       central African nation and the World Health Organization.
  HTML https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congo-mystery-illness-deaths-children-died-after-eating-bat/
       For those who died, most died within 48 hours of onset of
       symptoms. A total of 419 cases of the mystery illness has been
       recorded since the outbreak started on January 21st.
       Samples tested from those infected have been negative for Ebola,
       Marburg and other common hemorrhagic fever diseases.
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       Re: Mystery illness in Congo kills more than 50 people
       By: Siouxie Date: March 12, 2025, 2:49 pm
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  HTML https://www.science.org/content/article/mysterious-congo-outbreak-likely-linked-contaminated-water-researchers-say
       [quote]the outbreak appears to be linked to “some kind of
       poisoning event,” said infectious disease specialist Mike Ryan,
       who heads emergencies for the World Health Organization (WHO).
       In the hardest hit village, he noted, people who became ill
       shared the same water source....
       Another possibility, Ahuka says, is that mosquitoes are
       transmitting an arbovirus like the ones that cause dengue and
       chikungunya. Both can cause severe joint pain and fevers, and
       dengue in particular can be deadly.[/quote]
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