Tuberculosis -- India
When a team of dermatologists arrived in the city [Chennai, Tamil Nadu state] from Tiruvannamalai to pitch in with relief efforts, they came equipped to attend to rain-related infections. What they didn't anticipate to see [were] people suffering from leprosy -- no more considered a public health problem. Worse, the patients were unaware they had the potentially crippling disease.
As doctors screen those hit by the flood, they are seeing a lot more than just rain-related maladies. They are
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