Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- Uganda
The source WHO document [for the Outbreak News Today article] at [item 2 below] states 2 confirmed cases, 42 contacts, (not 42 suspected cases): "On 13 Jul 2018, a case of CCHF was confirmed by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in a 30 year old female, originally from Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo, living in Katojo Camp in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. She presented with a 4 day history of fever and a bleeding diathesis on 7 Jul 2018.
"By 17 Jul 2018 the husband of
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5949636&promed&0
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