「謎の奇病」の正体はマラリアだったらしい

　承前：「DRコンゴ：謎のインフルエンザ的病気で79名以上が死亡した」（2024-12-05）

　またぞろ謎の感染症が発生したか―という注意の記事。

BBC Mystery outbreak in DR Congo likely caused by malaria 17 hours ago

Makuochi Okafor

　結論的にはマラリアらしいとのこと。

「Malaria has been identified as the likeliest cause of an illness that has killed more than 80 people in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's main health agency said.

Victims of the previously unknown disease had been suffering flu-like symptoms such as fever, headaches, breathing difficulties and anaemia.」

　そのうえで栄養失調などが変に効いちゃったものかという。

「The majority of samples that have been tested indicated that they had caught malaria - which is caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes and is endemic in the region - with widespread malnutrition exacerbating the situation.

However health experts are not ruling out the possibility of other factors at play in the Panzi health zone.」

　確定診断はまだだが、状況証拠から見てそうかなという。死去した人々にはご冥福を―だが、対処不能の新規の奇病でなかったのは幸いである。