Haemorrhagic fever hits villagers
Updated on 29 August 2007
More than 100 people have died in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the result of a suspected haemorrhagic fever epidemic, local health officials said.
People began dying of the suspected fever two weeks ago near Mweka, an area in the province of Kasai Occidental, said Jean-Constatin Kanow, the chief medical inspector for the province.
The DRC has in the past seen large outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola, both haemorrhagic fevers caused by viruses that in severe cases attack the central nervous system and cause bleeding from the eyes, ears and other parts of the body.
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