Mystery ‘Disease X’ probed after killing 79 people in Congo – Times of India
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo expect to know within days the cause of an infectious disease outbreak termed ‘Disease X’ that’s sickened hundreds of people, killing at least 79, since late October.Almost 200 of the 376 afflicted with a flu-like illness are younger than five, said Jean Kaseya, director of the…