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SA: Congo Fever scare

At least three people have been confirmed dead in Johannesburg, South Africa, in an outbreak of what officials believe to be contagious hemorrhagic fever.

8 Oct 2008

Almost one month ago, Zambian tourism operator Cecilia van Deventer was airlifted to a private hospital in Johannesburg, where she died of what health officials say is likely to be Crimean-Congo fever.

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