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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Nodding Syndrome: A Devastating Medical Mystery In Uganda

The strange disease known as nodding syndrome affects only children, and only in parts of East Africa. The illness begins with nodding of the head and ends with massive physical and cognitive deterioration; its cause has eluded epidemiologists. Treating 3,000 affected children has been left to Ugandans.

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