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Unknown illness kills over 50 in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death

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An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo .

The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases.

The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21 .

The number of such outbreaks in Africa has surged by more than 60% in the last decade .

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87

Informative language

93

Neutral language

56

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

Offensive language

possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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