Viral meningitis epidemic kills 10 in Romania .  BUCHAREST 1996-08-29  Viral meningitis has killed 10 people in Romania 's capital Bucharest this month in what doctors said on Thursday was the worst epidemic of its type in the country for a decade .  Some 170 middle-aged and elderly people with the disease were being treated in hospital , doctors said .  Doctor Emanuil Ceausu , head of Bucharest 's Victor Babes hospital for infectious diseases , said the epidemic had been caused by a virus yet to be identified .  Illness from viral meningitis lasts around a week .  It affects the gastro-intestinal tract , causing high fever , headache and vomiting .  In 1986 Romania suffered an epidemic of the more dangerous bacterial meningitis which has killed some 15,000 people in central [START_ENT] Africa [END_ENT] this year .
Viral meningitis epidemic kills 10 in Romania .  BUCHAREST 1996-08-29  Viral meningitis has killed 10 people in Romania 's capital Bucharest this month in what doctors said on Thursday was the worst epidemic of its type in the country for a decade .  Some 170 middle-aged and elderly people with the disease were being treated in hospital , doctors said .  Doctor Emanuil Ceausu , head of Bucharest 's Victor Babes hospital for infectious diseases , said the epidemic had been caused by a virus yet to be identified .  Illness from viral meningitis lasts around a week .  It affects the gastro-intestinal tract , causing high fever , headache and vomiting .  In 1986 Romania suffered an epidemic of the more dangerous bacterial meningitis which has killed some 15,000 people in central
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