2 20 BC-HEALTH-LD-CONGO BC-HEALTH-LD-CONGO NNP 21 36 HEALTH-LD-CONGO HEALTH-LD-CONGO NNP 37 46 KIMBERLEY KIMBERLEY NNP 47 51 June June NNP 52 54 18 18 CD 55 59 Sapa Sapa NNP 60 71 POSSIBILITY POSSIBILITY NNP 72 74 OF of IN 75 80 CONGO CONGO NNP 81 86 FEVER FEVER NNP 87 94 RECEDES RECEDES NNP 94 95 : : : 96 102 DOCTOR doctor NN 109 112 The the DT 113 122 Kimberley Kimberley NNP 123 133 Provincial Provincial NNP 134 142 Hospital Hospital NNP 143 147 said say VBD 148 150 it it PRP 151 156 would would MD 157 165 probably probably RB 166 170 know know VB 171 173 by by IN 174 181 Tuesday Tuesday NNP 182 189 whether whether IN 190 193 one one CD 194 196 of of IN 197 200 its its PRP$ 201 209 patients patient NNS 210 213 had have VBD 214 219 Congo Congo NNP 220 225 Fever Fever NNP 225 226 . . . 233 240 Medical Medical NNP 241 251 Department Department NNP 252 256 head head NN 257 259 Dr Dr NNP 260 265 Hamid Hamid NNP 266 271 Saeed Saeed NNP 272 276 said say VBD 277 280 the the DT 281 288 patient patient NN 288 290 ’s 's POS 291 296 blood blood NN 297 300 had have VBD 301 305 been be VBN 306 310 sent send VBN 311 313 to to TO 314 317 the the DT 318 327 Institute Institute NNP 328 331 for for IN 332 340 Virology Virology NNP 341 343 in in IN 344 356 Johannesburg Johannesburg NNP 357 360 for for IN 361 369 analysis analysis NN 370 373 and and CC 374 377 the the DT 378 385 results result NNS 386 388 of of IN 389 392 the the DT 393 398 first first JJ 399 402 two two CD 403 407 sets set NNS 408 410 of of IN 411 416 tests test NNS 417 419 – -- : 420 423 for for IN 424 433 illnesses illness NNS 434 439 other other JJ 440 444 than than IN 445 450 Congo Congo NNP 451 456 fever fever NN 457 459 – -- : 460 467 arrived arrive VBD 468 472 back back RP 473 475 on on IN 476 482 Monday Monday NNP 483 488 night night NN 489 492 and and CC 493 497 were be VBD 498 506 negative negative JJ 506 507 . . . 514 515 A a DT 516 519 set set NN 520 522 of of IN 523 528 tests test NNS 529 541 specifically specifically RB 542 545 for for IN 546 551 Congo Congo NNP 552 557 fever fever NN 558 562 were be VBD 563 568 still still RB 569 580 outstanding outstanding JJ 580 581 . . . 588 593 Saeed Saeed NNP 594 598 said say VBD 599 610 indications indication NNS 611 615 were be VBD 616 620 that that IN 621 626 those those DT 627 632 tests test NNS 633 638 would would MD 639 641 be be VB 642 650 negative negative JJ 651 654 too too RB 654 655 . . . 656 658 He he PRP 659 663 said say VBD 664 666 it it PRP 667 670 was be VBD 671 674 his his PRP$ 675 682 opinion opinion NN 683 687 that that IN 688 691 the the DT 692 699 patient patient NN 700 702 – -- : 703 704 a a DT 705 710 woman woman NN 711 713 – -- : 714 717 was be VBD 718 727 suffering suffer VBG 728 732 from from IN 733 737 tick tick NN 738 742 bite bite NN 743 748 fever fever NN 748 749 . . . 756 759 The the DT 760 763 two two CD 764 768 have have VBP 769 776 similar similar JJ 777 785 symptoms symptom NNS 785 786 . . . 793 796 The the DT 797 802 woman woman NN 803 806 was be VBD 807 815 admitted admit VBN 816 818 to to TO 819 822 the the DT 823 831 hospital hospital NN 832 834 on on IN 835 843 Saturday Saturday NNP 844 849 after after IN 850 861 complaining complain VBG 862 864 of of IN 865 871 severe severe JJ 872 877 joint joint JJ 878 883 pains pain NNS 883 884 . . . 891 894 She she PRP 895 899 also also RB 900 903 had have VBD 904 905 a a DT 906 910 skin skin NN 911 915 rash rash NN 916 919 and and CC 920 923 was be VBD 924 932 vomiting vomit VBG 932 933 . . . 940 943 The the DT 944 951 patient patient NN 952 956 told tell VBD 957 965 hospital hospital NN 966 977 authorities authority NNS 978 981 she she PRP 982 988 became become VBD 989 993 sick sick JJ 994 999 after after IN 1000 1005 being be VBG 1006 1012 bitten bite VBN 1013 1015 by by IN 1016 1017 a a DT 1018 1022 tick tick NN 1023 1028 about about IN 1029 1033 four four CD 1034 1040 months month NNS 1041 1044 ago ago RB 1044 1045 . . . 1052 1060 Although although IN 1061 1064 the the DT 1065 1070 woman woman NN 1070 1072 ’s 's POS 1073 1082 condition condition NN 1083 1086 had have VBD 1087 1099 deteriorated deteriorate VBN 1100 1102 on on IN 1103 1109 Sunday Sunday NNP 1110 1112 it it PRP 1113 1116 was be VBD 1117 1124 showing show VBG 1125 1136 improvement improvement NN 1137 1139 on on IN 1140 1146 Monday Monday NNP 1146 1147 . . . 1154 1156 By by IN 1157 1166 afternoon afternoon NN 1167 1170 she she PRP 1171 1174 was be VBD 1175 1185 conversing converse VBG 1186 1190 with with IN 1191 1194 her her PRP$ 1195 1202 husband husband NN 1203 1208 after after IN 1209 1214 being be VBG 1215 1228 semi-comatose semi-comatose JJ 1229 1231 in in IN 1232 1235 the the DT 1236 1243 morning morning NN 1243 1244 . . . 1251 1258 Between between IN 1259 1262 one one CD 1263 1266 and and CC 1267 1269 10 10 CD 1270 1275 cases case NNS 1276 1278 of of IN 1279 1284 Congo Congo NNP 1285 1290 Fever Fever NNP 1291 1294 are be VBP 1295 1303 reported report VBN 1304 1306 in in IN 1307 1312 South South NNP 1313 1319 Africa Africa NNP 1320 1328 annually annually RB 1328 1329 , , , 1330 1334 with with IN 1335 1340 about about RB 1341 1343 20 20 CD 1344 1346 to to TO 1347 1349 25 25 CD 1350 1357 percent percent NN 1358 1360 of of IN 1361 1369 patients patient NNS 1370 1375 dying die VBG 1375 1376 , , , 1377 1386 according accord VBG 1387 1389 to to TO 1390 1400 statistics statistic NNS 1401 1405 from from IN 1406 1409 the the DT 1410 1418 virology virology NN 1419 1428 institute institute NN 1428 1429 . . . 1436 1437 A a DT 1438 1443 total total NN 1444 1446 of of IN 1447 1450 158 158 CD 1451 1456 cases case NNS 1457 1459 of of IN 1460 1465 Congo Congo NNP 1466 1471 Fever Fever NNP 1472 1476 were be VBD 1477 1486 diagnosed diagnose VBN 1487 1489 in in IN 1490 1498 southern southern JJ 1499 1505 Africa Africa NNP 1506 1513 between between IN 1514 1518 1981 1981 CD 1519 1522 and and CC 1523 1526 the the DT 1527 1530 end end NN 1531 1533 of of IN 1534 1538 2000 2000 CD 1538 1539 . . . 1546 1551 Early early JJ 1552 1560 symptoms symptom NNS 1561 1563 of of IN 1564 1567 the the DT 1568 1575 disease disease NN 1576 1583 include include VBP 1584 1590 severe severe JJ 1591 1600 headaches headache NNS 1600 1601 , , , 1602 1605 red red JJ 1606 1610 eyes eye NNS 1610 1611 , , , 1612 1618 fevers fever NNS 1619 1622 and and CC 1623 1627 cold cold JJ 1628 1634 chills chill NNS 1634 1635 , , , 1636 1640 body body NN 1641 1645 pain pain NN 1645 1646 , , , 1647 1650 and and CC 1651 1659 vomiting vomiting NN 1659 1660 . . . 1667 1670 The the DT 1671 1678 disease disease NN 1679 1682 can can MD 1683 1685 be be VB 1686 1696 contracted contract VBN 1697 1699 if if IN 1700 1701 a a DT 1702 1708 person person NN 1709 1711 is be VBZ 1712 1718 bitten bite VBN 1719 1721 by by IN 1722 1723 a a DT 1724 1731 certain certain JJ 1732 1736 tick tick NN 1737 1739 or or CC 1740 1742 if if IN 1743 1744 a a DT 1745 1751 person person NN 1752 1757 comes come VBZ 1758 1762 into into IN 1763 1770 contact contact NN 1771 1775 with with IN 1776 1779 the the DT 1780 1785 blood blood NN 1786 1788 of of IN 1789 1790 a a DT 1791 1796 Congo Congo NNP 1797 1802 Fever Fever NNP 1803 1811 sufferer sufferer NN 1811 1812 . . . 1819 1825 Source source NN 1826 1827 : : : 1828 1832 Sapa Sapa NNP 1833 1843 /le/am/jje /le/am/jje NNP 1844 1848 Date Date NNP 1849 1850 : : : 1851 1853 18 18 CD 1854 1857 Jun Jun NNP 1858 1862 2001 2001 CD 1863 1868 20:47 20:47 CD