Angola's Ebola-like illness targets children

An Ebola-like mystery ailment that has killed at least 39 people in Angola over the past three months is primarily targeting children under five, the UN health agency said today.

While the disease in Angola’s northern province of Uige has still not been identified, health officials believe the illness is an acute haemorrhagic fever related to the Ebola virus, said Dick Thompson, spokesman for the World Health Organisation.