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Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 22:17:44 -0800
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Africa's mystery disease could be linked to livestock
Africa News Online
NAIROBI, Kenya (December 26, 1997 08:00 a.m. EST)
A mysterious disease that has caused scores of Kenyans to bleed to death
from the nose and mouth may be related to a livestock affliction, a
senior health official said Friday.
"We're concerned it may be something that affects both animals and
people," said Douglas Klaucke, the acting World Health Organization
representative in Kenya.
"If that were the case, then it would be something (other) than
malaria," he said.
Lab workers were testing dozens of blood samples from humans and
livestock killed by the mysterious disease that hit remote, flooded
parts of northeastern Kenya. Published reports describe high fever,
diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding from the nose and mouth.
While some victims may have died of malaria, which is endemic in Kenya,
Klaucke said there could be another cause.
"But we just don't know at this point," he said.
Twelve possible diseases were being investigated, including yellow fever
and dengue. Ebola, which also causes its victims to bleed from the mouth
and other orifices, tentatively has been ruled out.
Local reports have said that as many as 217 people have died in flooded
villages around Garissa, 140 miles northeast of Nairobi. Doctors have
been able to confirm only three deaths.
Red Cross officials said 42 people have died in neighboring Somalia, and
specimens were sent to Nairobi for analysis.
Experts have speculated that flooding brought on by El Nino may have
contaminated drinking water and allowed pests that breed in floodwaters
to flourish.
The outbreaks in both countries occurred along rivers, the Ewaso Nyiro
River in Kenya and the Shabelle River in Somalia.
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 23:55:25 +0800 (SST)
From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg>
To: ar-news@envirolink.org
Subject: (UK) Survey to see if BSE has infected sheep