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Dec 12, 2012
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Cluster of Deadly Fungal Infection Investigated in Post-Tornado Joplin, Missouri
By Steven Purcell
On May 22, 2011, the town of Joplin, Missouri was ravaged by a tornado that left nearly 160 dead and over 1000 injured. Of the injured, was a subset of 13 individuals suffering from a rare fungal...
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New England Journal of Medicine