Disease Outbreaks Reported
The National Institute for Virology,
South Africa has confirmed 7 cases (one case was previously reported in
Update 9) of Marburg haemorrhagic fever from the Watsa Health Zone in eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo. Onset dates of illness range from late-December
1999 to mid-February 2000. All of the 6 new cases occurred in adult males
and three of these have died, but it is not known at this time if the cases
were gold miners working in Durba. Marburg infections in miners in Durba
were first diagnosed in April 1999, but are believed to have begun as early
as November 1998.
=A9 WHO/OMS, 1998