Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:15:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Marianne Hopp <mjhopp12@yahoo.com>
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks Report, Fri 29 Dec 2000 [edited]
<http://www.who.int/disease-outbreak-news/n2000/december/29december2000.html>
Yellow fever in Guinea - WHO Update
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As of Wed 27 Dec 2000, 512 suspected cases, including 190 deaths have been
reported in 15 districts in northwestern Guinea. Laboratory tests carried
out by Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal, have confirmed yellow fever
activity in 10 districts.
In collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and Medecins sans Frontieres, the Ministry
of Health, Guinea is conducting a vaccination campaign.
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[The WHO data confirms that yellow fever activity has spread outwards from
the original outbreak in the Mamou district. However, the figure for
suspected cases is still more than an order of magnitude less than that
quoted by local sources (se
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