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Word: bilharzia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of the modern plagues of Eygpt: ¶Egypt: Amoebic dysentery, which afflicts every villager; bilharzia, an energy-sapping parasitic disease which infects 92%; intestinal worms, 64%; syphilis, 6.5%. ¶Typhoid fever, which seizes 2% each year; 6% of the population are typhoid carriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: The Worst of All | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

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