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Global Recon
April 01, 2005
Angolan Marburg Outbreak Is Now The World's Worst
Reuters reports that with the death toll reaching 126 the outbreak of the Marburg virus in Angola has become the world's worst. With 132 cases of the haemorrhagic fever recorded the mortality rate in the Angolan Outbreak is much worse than the 23 to 25 percent the CDC says is the usual mortality rate from Marburg. The fact that Angola suffered 27 years of civil war, leaving Angola's health system in "tatters," is the only explanation offered for the higher mortality rate. From California Yankee. Posted by Dan Spencer at April 1, 2005 09:48 AM | TrackBackComments
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