Why diphtheria is making a comeback
With an effective vaccine, cases of the potentially fatal disease plummeted. But West Africa is now seeing thousands of new cases and hundreds of deaths.
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Rare Disease Finds Fertile Ground In Rohingya Refugee Camps
Diphtheria is not seen in the West because almost everyone is vaccinated against it. But it's been infecting thousands of the refugees in Bangladesh.
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It's thought of as a disease of the past. But now there are outbreaks in Yemen and Bangladesh.