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ROC: 130 cholera cases reported in the Pool region

BRAZZAVILLE: At least 130 cases of cholera have been reported in the southern Pool region in the Republic of Congo since April 2009. A case of yellow fever, the first in 43 years, has also been reported in the western Cuvette region, along the border with Gabon, according to health officials.

11 May 2009

“Since 4 April, we have detected 130 cases of cholera in the Pool. We were notified of a yellow fever case in western Cuvette; It is the first [case] that the Congo has registered since 1966,” Jean-Joseph Akouala, head of the epidemiological service in the Ministry of Health, said on 6 May.

Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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