Mystery disease in Congo might be malaria

Authorities say the mystery disease in Congo might be malaria but more testing is needed
Authorities say the mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria
A Mystery Flu-Like Disease Is Killing Dozens in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s health minister said Thursday the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Authorities have so far confirmed 71 deaths, including 27 people who died in hospitals and 44 in the community in the southern Kwango province, health minister Roger Kamba said.
Authorities investigate mysterious, flu-like disease that killed 143 in Congo
The cases are clustered in the country’s southwestern province of Kwango, where at least 376 people have been infected since late October.
Mystery flu-like disease in Congo kills dozens, puts authorities "on general alert" as cases investigated
Congo's health minister says the government is "on general alert" over an unidentified disease that's killed dozens of people, about half of whom were children.
Congo's Mystery Disease Might Be Malaria: Authorities
Health officials revealed Congo's mysterious illness causing flu-like symptoms and dozens of deaths could be malaria.
Some patients in mysterious outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have malaria, early testing reveals
A mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened at least 416 people and killed 31 in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo may be at least partly caused by malaria, health officials said Tuesday.
Congo government says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens
Congo's health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of ...
Mysterious illness in Congo has killed dozens of people, health authorities report
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Mystery flu-like illness has killed dozens in Congo: What we know
With symptoms including fever and cough, the respiratory disease has affected nearly 380 people, half of them young children.
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