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Mystery outbreak in Congo mostly affects children, may involve malaria --WHO

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Wed, 2024-12-11 10:23 — mike kraft

Initial samples in DR Congo unexplained outbreak positive for malaria Initial test results from samples patients in an unexplained illness outbreak in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) found malaria from several samples, though it's possible that more than one disease in involved, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said today at a briefing in Geneva. CIDRAP

Most of 416 infected, 31 dead from mysterious illness in Congo are children, WHO says Amid investigations into this mysterious disease, health officials have also had to respond to mpox outbreaks in the country. Eduardo Cuevas USA TODAY

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Africa Resilience Initiative

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