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| 'Mysterious' disease kills 17 in Nigeria: official | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 18 Apr 2015, 11:40 PM (39 Views) | |
| skibboy | 18 Apr 2015, 11:40 PM Post #1 |
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18 April 2015 'Mysterious' disease kills 17 in Nigeria: official © AFP/File | The disease broke out early this week in Ode-Irele town on Ondo state, the government spokesman for the region, Kayode Akinmade, told AFP by telephone LAGOS (AFP) - A "mysterious" disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southeastern Nigerian town, the government said Saturday. "Seventeen people have died of the mysterious disease since it broke out early this week in Ode-Irele town," the government spokesman for Ondo state, Kayode Akinmade, told AFP by telephone. The disease, whose symptoms include headache, weight loss, blurred vision and loss of consciousness, killed the victims within 24 hours of their falling ill, he said. Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus, Akinmade added. The World Health Organization said it had information on 14 cases with at least 12 dead. "Common symptoms were sudden blurred vision, headache, loss of consciousness followed by death, occurring within 24 hours," spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told AFP in an email. Akinmade said health officials and experts from the government and aid agencies, as well as WHO epidemiologists, have arrived in Ode-Irele. "Outside a total of 17 deaths recorded, in the past 72 hours we have not recorded new cases. There is no patient of the disease in any hospital and the disease has not spread beyond the town," he said. Jasarevic said blood and urine samples had been taken from two victims and cerebrospinal fluid from another. "All samples have been sent to Lagos University Teaching Hospital this morning, and results are still pending. Investigations are still ongoing," he said. Source:
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| skibboy | 21 Apr 2015, 12:39 AM Post #2 |
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Mysterious ailment in Nigeria kills victims within hours; 18 dead By Jethro Mullen, Annie Ramos, and Josh Levs, CNN April 20, 2015 ![]() This file photo shows doctors and nurses treating a victim of alcohol poisoning in Mozambique on January 12. Authorities suspected a contaminated home brew was the cause. (CNN)A mysterious affliction has killed as many as 18 people in southwestern Nigeria, leaving health officials scrambling to determine its cause. The cases have all occurred in Nigeria's Ondo state since April 13, health officials said Sunday. Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, Ondo's state commissioner for health, said 18 people have died and five people are being treated. Those affected are between the ages of 25 and 60. The disease does not appear to be contagious, he said. Symptoms include headaches, blurred vision, loss of sight and unconsciousness, Adeyanju said. Some suspect it may be the result of locally brewed alcohol. The World Health Organization, earlier Sunday, reported at least 13 people were killed and that there were 18 total cases. Those numbers were reported by Adeyanju released somewhat different totals. Investigators sent samples of blood, urine and spinal fluid to a university in the city of Lagos for tests, which ruled out infections from viruses or bacteria, the WHO said. Doctors plan to carry out toxicological tests on one of the victims who died in a hospital, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said. Source:
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