2 FEBRUARY 1998. PERU: HEALTH (UNKNOWN FEVER)

CNN tonight reports that a disease of unknown origin, linked to ENS conditions, has killed 14 Peruvians so far this year in the cities of Talara, Trujillo and Chimbote. Symptoms include fever, coughing and diarrhea for up to three weeks. The total ENSO death toll in Peru so far is 80.

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