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A mysterious epidemic is quietly devastating Central America.
More than 24,000 people have been killed since 2000, striking thousands more with chronic kidney ailments at a magnitude not seen anywhere else in the world.
The outbreak is centered in El Salvador and Nicaragua, but scientists have received reports stretching as far north as southern Mexico and as far south as Panama.
Symptoms of the disease come on suddenly and by the time they’re noticed, it’s often too late.
Manual laborers are struck far more often than others, especially construction workers, and the region’s sugar crop workers.
Chronic dehydration is a common thread for those afflicted, but it’s a condition not isolated to this region, adding to scientific bafflement.
- Scary stuff - Mystery disease kills thousands in Central America
