DR Congo: Pneumonic Plague Outbreak - Feb 2005 Updates

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 4 March (IRIN) - An assessment by the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown that future outbreaks of plague,...

Marian van der Snoek (Medical coordinator) On February 7thin Isiro, Medair received an alert concerning an unidentified epidemic bearing all the signs of pneumonia. Patients were complaining of high...

Pulmonary plague is virulent, spreading between humans through airborne transmission (such as coughs and sneezes) and is quickly fatal. The incubation period ranges from 24 to 72 hours and death...

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KINSHASA, 22 February (IRIN) - Some 43 people have died and 13 others infected following an outbreak of pneumonic plague in...

As of 15 February 2005, WHO has received reports of 61 deaths of pneumonic plague in Ituri district, Oriental province in the northern part of the country (see map below). The total number of cases...