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Another article on disease outbreak from DRC. “The disease reappeared because people here regularly eat monkeys and squirrels, which are reservoirs for the virus, and above all because smallpox vaccinations stopped”. Bushmeat is again the culprit here! Iregi Mwenja
DRC: Monkey pox kills 22 in Equateur provinceKINSHASA, 1 July 2008 (IRIN) - An outbreak of monkey pox in Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Equateur province has killed 22 of the 470 people infected since the start of 2008, according to medical officials.“The epidemic began in the Tshuapa health zone and has reached almost all parts of the province,” said August Makaya, the chief epidemiologist in Equateur. “Cases of monkey pox have been registered all over Tshuapa health zone but also in Befale and Mopono health zones and more recently in Ingende health zone, near Mbandaka [the main town in the province],” he said.
3 Comments posted on "Bushmeat: Monkey pox kills 22"
Wanda, Atlanta on July 2nd, 2008 at 6:40 am
A VIRUS FROM THIS EVIL PRACTICE WILL TAKE US ALL OUT SOMEDAY –
Annie on July 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 am
I wish these people would quit eating these monkeys…….nature is trying to tell them it isn’t right!
bushmeateastafrica on July 5th, 2008 at 4:16 am
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Iregi Mwenja is one of the 8 USFWS MENTOR Fellows from E. Africa studying a post-graduate course on Bushmeat in CAWM Mweka. He is a leading wildlife biologist with 8 years field experience in East Africa
