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Syria plagued by flesh-eating maggot disease
Three cases of myiasis have been reported near Damascus, marking the first appearance of the flesh-eating maggot disease in Syria, UN health experts said Friday. Myiasis, an affliction caused when flies lay their eggs in wounds, is not lethal for humans, but its appearance says a lot about worsening living conditions in war-ravaged Syria, the World Health Organization said. It has already issued an alert about the reappearance of polio in the north of the country, where tuberculosis...
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