Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Increases In Ituri, Democratic Republic Of Congo
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:00 AM EST
... Since June 2, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have been monitoring and treating victims of a pneumonic plague outbreak in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As of June 19, 22 deaths had been confirmed out of 144 identified cases so far in the Ituri region of the DRC. [click link for full article] ...
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