Tuesday, 12 April 2016

PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed illness - Kenya: (NK, BA) fatal, respiratory, infants, RFI

Undiagnosed -- Kenya
A mysterious disease has claimed the lives of at least 23 infants in Kenya's Nakuru and Baringo counties in the past 4 weeks. Area Senator James Mungai has since called for the intervention of the ministry of health to address the issue.
The disease -- which results in symptoms such as high fever, coughing, body weakness and sweating -- was initially thought to be viral pneumonia, but tests by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) were negative.
Mungai said that at least 215 cases

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