‘Mysterious disease in Zambia not ebola’
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The woman from Zambia who died in South Africa from a mysterious disease was in fact afflicted by cerebral edema and multi-organ failure, health experts disclosed here, putting to rest suspicions that she was hit by the deadly ebola virus.The state-run Times of Zambia reported [...]
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Zambia partners with WHO against mystery fever
Zambia has partnered with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to investigate the unknown disease that has claimed four lives in South Africa. Authorities in that country also say none of the people who have died from the mysterious infectious disease are Zambians.Earlier, it was reported that two Zambian [...]
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This is from the Promed website:
Date: Mon 6 Oct 2008
From: Amy Cantlay inka@iwayafrica.com
I have just read the posting (Undiagnosed fatalities – South Africa ex Zambia: RFI 20081005.3139) on your site, and it appears to be rather misleading. The chronological order of events (as I can gather) is as follows (None of this information has yet [...]
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Pawan Dixit, Hindustan Times
Kanpur Dehat, August 25, 2008
First Published: 00:17 IST(25/8/2008)
Last Updated: 00:19 IST(25/8/2008)
Rural Kanpur is fighting its most frightening scourge — a mystery disease that has left a long line of bodies in its trail and doesn’t seem anywhere finished.
What started from one village two weeks ago has now spread to 350 and has [...]
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