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EXCLUSIVE – Syrian Refugees Bringing Flesh-Eating Disease into U.S.?

JERUSALEM – There is a risk that Middle Eastern refugees entering the U.​S​.​ could be infected with a flesh-eating disease that is sweeping across Syria. Compounding the problem, ​patients can be infected with​ the parasitic disease ​without showing symptoms for weeks, months, or even years, ​ and ​an asymptomatic patient most likely doesn’t know that he or she is a carrier.