Congo reports signs of deadly new disease

A local woman was diagnosed with symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, but tests for Ebola and other known illnesses came back negative.

A dangerous new infection could emerge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was stated by the African microbiologist Jean-Jacques Muembe-Tamphum, according to the Daily Mail on Sunday, January 3.

An illness with symptoms of hemorrhagic fever was found in a woman from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the same time, the tests showed the absence of the Ebola virus and other diseases known to medicine.

According to the microbiologist, a woman could be patient zero for a new pathogen, which he called Disease X.

At the same time, the new infection can be as contagious as the coronavirus, and its mortality can be 50 to 90% of the death rate from the Ebola virus.

Recall that previously in Canada, a case of trench fever was revealed. The disease caused a complication in the heart. The patient had to replace his heart valve. He also received antibiotic treatment.

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