French Polynesia: Leptospirosis cases up post-flooding
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Three weeks after heavy rains and flooding struck Tahiti, French Polynesia, health officials have reported an increase in the bacterial disease, leptospirosis, and their is concern about additional cases. Radio New Zealand reports that 14 leptospirosis cases were reported post-flooding, of which 10 people required hospitalization for their illness. Leptospirosis is caused by a corkscrew-shaped ["]
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