Six more cases of Marburg haemorrhagic fever have been confirmed from the Watsa area of Province Orientale, WHO said on Thursday, citing the results of tests conducted by the National Institute for Virology in South Africa. In a statement, WHO said all six new cases had occurred in adult men, of whom three had died. It was not yet known whether the new cases were gold miners working in nearby Durba, the statement said. Marburg infections in miners in Durba were first diagnosed in April 1999, but were believed to have begun as early as November 1998, it added.
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