Discovery

French Health Authorities Discover New Disease

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 23rd, 1998

A disease distinguished by persistent muscle pains, fatigue and a low fever has been discovered in France, health officials said.

Officials of the national public health network said doctors had identified about 20 cases of the mysterious, yet unnamed, new malady dating as far back as 1993 and were still searching for its cause.

They believe it results from infection by a micro-organism similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the germ which causes tuberculosis (TB).

They said samples of infected muscle tissue had been sent for analysis to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which concluded that the...

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