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Mystery disease identified as severe malaria - DRC health ministry
Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry said on Tuesday, 17 December, that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country's Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria.
An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the southwestern Kwango province in November.
"The mystery has finally been solved. It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness... and weakened by malnutrition," the health ministry said in a statement.
It also said that 592 cases had been reported since October with a fatality rate of 6.2%.
Source: Reuters
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Go to: https://www.reuters.com/About Yassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian
Reporting by Yassin Kombi; writing by Anait Miridzhanian; editing by Bate FelixRelated
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