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Dec 31 2010 9:10AM
N Cape farmer contracts Congo fever
Ishmael Modiba and Zinhle Mapumulo
A 64-year-old from Petrusburg in the Northern Cape who fell ill after being bitten by a tick has been diagnosed as having the deadly Congo Fever.
Medically known as Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever, Congo Fever has no cure and can kill sufferers within days. Symptoms may include bleeding from all orifices of the body.
The farmer became the fifth person to have contracted the disease in South Africa this year. All the cases were confirmed by a state laboratory.
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continues at; http://www.thenewage.co.za/6913-1008...ts_Congo_fever
N Cape farmer contracts Congo fever
Ishmael Modiba and Zinhle Mapumulo
A 64-year-old from Petrusburg in the Northern Cape who fell ill after being bitten by a tick has been diagnosed as having the deadly Congo Fever.
Medically known as Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever, Congo Fever has no cure and can kill sufferers within days. Symptoms may include bleeding from all orifices of the body.
The farmer became the fifth person to have contracted the disease in South Africa this year. All the cases were confirmed by a state laboratory.
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continues at; http://www.thenewage.co.za/6913-1008...ts_Congo_fever