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Marburg virus disease in Angola - update
As of 29 March 2005, the Ministry of Health has reported a total of 124 cases and 117 deaths in Cabinda, Luanda and Uige. All these cases had originated in Uige Province. Ten of these cases have been laboratory confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA. . The team from WHO, including experts from the Inter-country programme for southern Africa, the Regional O...
Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Angola update
As of 20 April, the Ministry of Health in Angola has reported 266 cases of Marburg haemorrhagic fever. Of these cases, 244 were fatal. In Uige Province, which remains the epicentre of the outbreak, 253 cases, of which 233 have been fatal, were reported as of 21 April. . .. The international response to the outbreak in Angola began one month ago, on 22 March. The features of Marburg haemorrhagic f...