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Man dies in UK from Congo fever after flying home to Scotland from Afghanistan

A micro-biologist wears a protective suit while working on an unknown virus at a disease control centre (AFP_CDC_File)

A man has died of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever after flying home to Scotland from Afghanistan, in Britain’s first case of the deadly disease, health officials said Saturday. Two passengers who sat close to the 38-year-old man on a plane are undergoing daily health checks, although they have not yet shown…

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New virus found for deadly hemorrhagic fever in the Congo

German scientists prepare samples of a virus to be examined. (AFP Photo)

A haemorrhagic fever that killed two people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2009 and left a third person seriously ill was caused by a novel virus, researchers said. The newly-found microbe is likely to exist naturally among insects or animals but may also be spread by human contact,…

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