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'Neglected Infections' Resurface Among America's Poor

Clip: 10/27/2009 | 9m 17s

'Neglected Infections' Resurface Among America's Poor

In poor rural areas, inner cities, and among Latin American immigrants, exotic diseases classified by the CDC as "neglected infections" are now affecting millions of people. As Jeffrey Kaye reports, the rarer the illness, the harder it is to find treatment

10/27/2009

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'Neglected Infections' Resurface Among America's Poor

Clip: 10/27/2009 | 9m 17s

In poor rural areas, inner cities, and among Latin American immigrants, exotic diseases classified by the CDC as "neglected infections" are now affecting millions of people. As Jeffrey Kaye reports, the rarer the illness, the harder it is to find treatment

10/27/2009

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