Congo outbreak identified: "The mystery has finally been solved. It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness... and weakened by malnutrition." https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congos-health-ministry-says-unknown-disease-is-severe-malaria-2024-12-17/
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“Tiny Coffins: Measles is killing thousands of children in Congo”
Abridged (shortened) article
single-celled microorganisms
of the Plasmodium group.
It is spread exclusively through bites
of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
The mosquito bite
introduces the parasites
from the mosquito's saliva
into a person's blood.
Invades our world quite quickly,
Healthcare heroes win.
(A poem by Beverly Dingus)