From Philadelphia, at a meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Mysterious skin infections that have plagued residents of the Micronesian island of Satowan are traceable to swimming in the stagnant waters that fill bomb craters left over from World War II, a study shows. Scientists have successfully treated these infections with antibiotics but are still trying to determine what the specific pathogen in these waters might be.
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