Description of the situation
11 July 2000
Disease Outbreak Reported
To date, there have been 27 suspected cases, including 16 deaths reported from an isolated village in Gulran district, Herat Province, Afghanistan (see previous report). An international team, including experts from the WHO Collaborating Centre at the National Institute for Virology (NIV- South Africa), Epicentre and WHO have completed their investigation. Extensive virologic and serologic tests for a wide variety of pathogens have not yet identified the etiologic agent.