Gene sequencing of cholera bacterium from Haiti points to U.N. source

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The United Nations sent Nepalese peacekeeping troops to bring relief to Haiti after it was devastated by a 7.0 earthquake in 2010. A new study concludes the peacekeepers brought something else, as well — cholera, triggering an epidemic that has sickened hundreds of thousands of Haitians and killed more than 8,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read the full story here: Gene sequencing of cholera bacterium from Haiti points to U.N. source

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