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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.

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“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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