by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

The Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry announced today that the previously unidentified illness coined as 'Disease X' by the media and Africa CDC circulating in the Panzi health zone has been confirmed as a severe form of malaria:

"The mystery has finally been solved. It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness," the health ministry said in a statement, adding that malnutrition in the area had weakened the local population, leaving them more vulnerable to disease.

This confirms our observations made last week, where we expected this to be malaria b

ased on early testing. However, health agencies continued to ignore that possibility until now:

'Disease X' Situation Update

Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

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Dec 12

by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

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