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Mystery Disease in Kogi (Nigeria)

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Topic: Mystery Disease in Kogi (Nigeria)
Posted By: Technophobe
Subject: Mystery Disease in Kogi (Nigeria)
Date Posted: August 18 2017 at 3:50pm
So far it has killed 62.  Sufferers report vomiting and diarrhoea, abdominal pains but few had hematemesis* or hematochezia**.  Tests for lassa fever have proved negative.

Source and full article:   http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/240765-death-toll-kogi-strange-disease-rises-62.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/240765-death-toll-kogi-strange-disease-rises-62.html



*Vomiting blood
**Passing bloody stools or leaking blood from anus


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Posted By: Technophobe
Date Posted: August 20 2017 at 11:41am
It was gastroenteritis + malaria.  Source:   http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/240876-strange-disease-killed-62-kogi-identified.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/240876-strange-disease-killed-62-kogi-identified.html

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How do you tell if a politician is lying?
His lips or pen are moving.


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