Description of the situation
01 March 1996
Disease Outbreak Reported
As at 29 February the total number of cases reported was 27 with 18 deaths. Cases ranged in age from 7 months to 65 years (mean 24 years). Fourteen cases, 9 deaths were in males, 13 cases, 9 deaths in females. Seventy-four of 187 contacts remain under surveillance.