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Published Date: 2008-12-29 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (02): (KS)
Archive Number: 20081229.4093

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (02):
(KASAI OCCIDENTAL)
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Date: Sun 28 Dec 2008
Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP) report [edited]
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJukB-Lneiqtd02MRV46nfj5WT9A>

More deaths from Ebola outbreak in Congo DR
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2 more people have died from an Ebola outbreak in central Congo DR
[Democratic Republic of the Congo], bringing the tally to 11 dead
from the highly contagious but rare disease, Medecins sans Frontieres
[MSF] told AFP on Sun 28 Dec 2008. "This Sunday morning, a woman with
symptoms... of Ebola died," MSF spokesman Francois Dumont told AFP. A
man also died from Ebola on Thursday [25 Dec 2008], he said. Health
Minister Augustin Mopipi said Thursday [25 Dec 2008] that the
outbreak had killed 9 and infected 21 since it was detected in
November [2008].

Named after a small Congo river, the disease was found in the town of
Kampungu, near Mueka in the Western Kasai [Kasai Occidental] province.
Ebola is deadly in about 50-90 percent of cases, with the most severe
cases hemmorhaging all over and bleeding from body orifices before
dying.

MSF has erected a "small isolation unit of 6 beds" near Kampungu, with
3 cases receiving care there, Dumont said; 2 others are at home and
under observation, with MSF also following more than 100 people who
have had contact with the disease, he said.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit by Ebola outbreaks 3
times before. In 1976 Ebola virus killed nearly 500 people in [both
the DRC & the Sudan]. It struck again in 1995, killing 245 people in
the western province of Bandundu. Another 26 cases were confirmed in
2007 in Kasai province.

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[So far the outbreak remains confined to a small number of confirmed
cases in the town of Kampungu in the district of Mueka, Kasai
Occidental province.

Maps of the Democratic Republic of the Congo DR can be accessed at
<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/congo_demrep_pol98.jpg>
and the HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at
<http://healthmap.org/promed/en?g=214139&v=-4.5,22,5>.
The location of Mweka District can be found at:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mweka,_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo>
- Mod.CP]

Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR: (KS), WHO 20081227.4086
Undiagnosed illness - Congo DR (02): (KS), Ebola conf. 20081225.4068
Undiagnosed illness - Congo DR: (Kasai) RFI 20081222.4027
Undiagnosed illness - Congo DR: Kasai Occ, Ebola susp, RFI 20081009.3200
Hemorrhagic fever, fatal - Congo DR: (KA), RFI 20080823.2630
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Congo DR (02) 20080702.2017
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR: susp., corr. 20080604.1790
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR: susp., corr. 20080604.1789
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR: susp. 20080603.1779
2007
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (13): 20071121.3758
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (11): WHO 20071003.3270
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (10) 20071003.3265
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (09) 20071001.3245
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (09): WHO 20070927.3204
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (08) 20070926.3191
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (07) 20070923.3156
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (06) 20070921.3138
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (05): WHO 20070920.3132
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (04) 20070916.3076
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (03): WHO 20070914.3049
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (02) 20070912.3026
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR 20070910.2996
Undiagnosed illness - Congo DR (Kasai Occidental): WHO, RFI 20070901.2882
Viral hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR (Kasai Occidental): susp. 20070829.2837
2006
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Ebola, primates - Congo Rep.: 20061208.3462
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Gabon/Congo Rep: prediction 20061119.3308
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo DR: susp. 20060315.0806
2005
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Ebola virus, bats - Central Africa 20051201.3467
Ebola Zaire virus - Africa: wave-like spread 20051029.3158
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep. (07) 20050622.1756
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep. 20050520.1382
Undiagnosed deaths - Congo Rep. (04): Ebola confirmed 20050518.1358
Undiagnosed deaths - Congo Rep. (03): Ebola susp 20050514.1321
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, wildlife - Gabon/Congo Rep. 20050215.0511
2004
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Ebola, primates - Congo Rep.: susp. 20040827.2400
2003
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever, apes - Congo Rep. (04) 20030404.0824
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, apes - Congo Rep. (03) 20030321.0705
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep. (17) 20030310.0587
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep. (16) 20030307.0565
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep. (15) 20030304.0543
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep. (12) 20030227.0489
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep: suspected 20030205.0315
2002
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Gabon: suspected 20020624.4593
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Congo Rep: confirmed 20020613.4492
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Gabon/Congo Rep (05) 20020107.3189
2001
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Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Gabon: dead wildlife (03) 20011220.3079
Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Gabon: dead wildlife 20011216.3041
Viral hemorrhagic fever, suspected - Congo, DR (03) 20011210.2991
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