Global & Disaster Medicine

Liberia: WHO’s evidence suggests a mysterious illness that has sickened 28 people so far and killed 12 is linked to food or drink poisoning and is not a viral infection

May 7th, 2017

The Guardian

  • The cases appeared tied to one funeral suggesting that an isolated poisoning was to blame
  • WHO and medical charity Doctors Without Borders have said the warning system put in place in Liberia after the Ebola crisis prompted fast action following the recent deaths.
  • The unexplained illness causes fever, vomiting, headaches and diarrhoea.

 

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