The Telegraph: Into the unknown: Crack WHO team journeys deep into the Congo to identify mystery killer
December 9, 2024 —
“We’re waiting and monitoring very closely,” said Dr Jason Kindrachuk, associate professor in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
“The big piece we’re trying to find out is what the underlying agent causing this is … It seems to be respiratory, and there seems to be a very high morbidity and mortality amongst women and children.”
Even if the pathogen is new and difficult to defend against, the location of the outbreak may ultimately work in our favour.
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