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PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox – Sierra Leone: (SO)

Monkeypox -- Sierra LeoneA 35-year old peasant farmer from Kpaku village, Galliness Perri chiefdom, Pujehun district in the southern region of Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with monkeypox, according to UN health officials.The patient developed ill-health on [Tue 14 Mar 2017]. He presented to a local health facility on [Thu 16 Mar 2017] with fever, body pain, malaise, dysphagia, and enlarged cervical lymph nodes; and was presumptively treated for malaria and sore throat as an out-patient.On [Fri Read more [...]