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Democratic Republic of Congo Investigates Mystery Illness Responsible for Multiple Deaths

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There have been 376 reported cases of individuals experiencing fever, headaches, and runny noses, with women and children being the most affected. Of these cases, nearly 200 are individuals younger than five. The cause of the disease is currently unknown and is being investigated through ongoing testing, which is also considering the current high circulation of influenza.

  1. World Health Organization
    1. Malaria is a common disease in the area and may be causing or contributing to the cases.
    2. Of the 12 initial samples collected, 10 tested positive for malaria, although it's possible that more than one disease is involved. Further samples will be collected and tested to determine the exact cause or causes.
    3. These challenges, coupled with limited diagnostics in the region, have delayed the identification of the underlying cause.
    4. Teams are collecting samples for laboratory testing, providing a more detailed clinical characterisation of the detected cases, investigating the transmission dynamics, and actively searching for additional cases, both within health facilities and at the community level.
    5. Laboratory tests are underway to determine the exact cause.
  2. CD
    Jean Kaseya
    Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1. Ongoing testing will help us to understand what is the issue.
    2. We have a delay of almost five to six weeks, and in five to six weeks so many things can happen.
  3. GB
    Paul Hunter
    University of East Anglia
    1. Reports of outbreaks with fatalities crop up somewhere in the world several times a year. Almost all turn out to be an already well-known infection with limited global consequences.
    2. But it is too early to make a definite diagnosis until further analyses are reported.
    3. It is vital that these cases are investigated promptly so that appropriate treatment and control measures can be implemented.
  4. GB
    Jake Dunning
    University of Oxford
    1. Disease X should only really be used when there is an infectious disease with epidemic or pandemic potential and a novel pathogen has been identified or is strongly suspected. It would be more appropriate to say that, currently, this is an undiagnosed morbidity and mortality event.
    2. The DRC has some great clinicians, scientists, and laboratories, all well versed in outbreaks and emerging infections, but the DRC is a huge country and arguably remains resource-limited and a complex environment.

Unknown Disease in Congo

  1. Mystery disease kills over 50 in DR Congo after children ate bat and fell ill

sources

  1. 1.Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA)
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.The Washington Post
  4. 4.South China Morning Post
  5. 5.The Guardian
  6. 6.DW News
  7. 7.ANSA
  8. 8.Il Tempo

perspectives

  1. 1.Ethnic tensions
  2. 2.Vaccination
  3. 3.Pandemic
  4. 4.DRC under Félix Tshisekedi
  5. 5.Rwanda under Paul Kagame
  6. 6.Monkey Pox
  7. 7.Ebola Virus

countries

  1. 1.Congo, The Democratic Republic of theCD
  2. 2.CongoCG
  3. 3.ItalyIT

organizations

  1. 1.Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  2. 2.World Health Organization
  3. 3.Pasteur Institute
  4. 4.USMAF
  5. 5.University of East Anglia
  6. 6.University of Oxford

persons

  1. 1.Jean KaseyaCD
  2. 2.Dieudonné Muamba
  3. 3.Jake DunningGB
  4. 4.Paul HunterGB
  5. 5.Remy Saki
  6. 6.Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusET
  7. 7.Zulfikar Abbany
Democratic Republic of Congo Investigates Mystery Illness Responsible for Multiple Deaths