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Malaria is also a prime suspect. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said between 55 and 78 percent of samples from patients involved in the outbreak had tested positive for malaria.

A similar mystery outbreak in the DCR late last year eventually turned out to be severe malaria. That outbreak left around 500 people ill and killed at least 149 as it spread in Panzi, Kwango, a ...