Undiagnosed -- Colombia
A mysterious disease affecting the indigenous Kogi people, who inhabit the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, has resulted in 11 fatalities, raising serious concerns among health authorities in the departments of Magdalena and César.
The disease causes symptoms similar to those of Zika and chikungunya viruses and has an evolution time of 6-8 days.
This health emergency has come to light with the reopening of the Tayrona National Park, which closed at the beginning of this year [2017] for a
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2n88CrT
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