Post Reply - Mystery illness in the Congo. 50 dead.

   https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/lassa-fever-outbreak-kills-72-within-a-week-in-nigeria-bringing-current-death-toll-to-80-with-2122-suspected-cases-nationwide or https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/lassa-fever-outbreak-kills-72-within-a-week-in-nigeria-bringing-current-death-toll-to-80-with-2122-suspected-cases-nationwide 
DJ might be linked to;

https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/another-mysterious-disease-outbreak-in-congo-this-time-an-infection-that-has-killed-53-people-within-hours or https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/another-mysterious-disease-outbreak-in-congo-this-time-an-infection-that-has-killed-53-people-within-hours 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#Epidemiology or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#Epidemiology ;
Lassa high risk areas are near the western and eastern extremes of West Africa. As of 2018, the Lassa belt includes Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia
DJ, So lassa-fever is not something to expect in the DRC/Congo...

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1006020-drc-equateur-two-clusters-of-an-unknown-disease-in-bolomba-and-bansakusu-health-zones-tested-negative-for-ebola-and-marburg or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-ah/1006020-drc-equateur-two-clusters-of-an-unknown-disease-in-bolomba-and-bansakusu-health-zones-tested-negative-for-ebola-and-marburg 

The "mystery-disease";
DRC: a disease of unknown origin decimates in Basankusu, more than 943 cases including 52 deaths recorded

Monday, February 24, 2025 - 11:00

A febrile illness of unknown origin is ongoing in the Basankusu health zone in Equateur province, official sources say.

More than 943 patients including 52 deaths have been recorded since the beginning of February in five of the ten health areas of the Basankusu health zone.

“943 cases including 52 deaths were recorded, representing a lethality rate of 5.5%. The cases are reported in five villages in 5 health areas (Ekoto, Lilangi, Lisafa, Basengela and Bafumba). The Ekoto health area remains the most affected in the Bomate village,” the health authorities reported.

The disease affects all ages but with a majority of cases from 5 to 45 years old presenting symptoms such as fever, chills, headaches, myalgia, aches, neck pain, polyarthralgia etc. The first cases were reported on February 9.

Of the 151 rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria carried out by the Ministry of Health teams, 84 were positive, i.e. 55.6%, and the hypothesis of a possible Ebola epidemic was ruled out.

DJ keeps claiming lives...(co-infection with malaria ??)