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Doctors fear ‘swamp fever’ spreading in flood-hit Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict


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Health authorities are warning of yet another potential health threat in Gaza: leptospirosis. Dr. Bassam Zaqout says widespread flooding and lack of basic sanitation make the devastated strip a perfect breeding ground for the bacterial disease also known as swamp or rat fever.



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