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MineralMan

(146,308 posts)

6. It sounds like some sort of brain infection...

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 09:38 AM

Mar 2012

Very strange. I hope the find the cause soon and can figure out some sort of treatment. If this is affecting thousands of children, it has to be infectious, I'd think.

Children of the Corn Syndrome, maybe.

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Baffling Illness Strikes Africa, Turns Children Into Violent "Zombies" [View all] n2doc Mar 2012 OP

Sounds like a form of encephalitis... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #1

CDC is being ratcheted down due to budget cuts. cbayer Mar 2012 #4

I've read about this in other articles Warpy Mar 2012 #5

This was my nightmare last week.. liberalmuse Mar 2012 #2

Thousands of children?? cbayer Mar 2012 #3

It sounds like some sort of brain infection... MineralMan Mar 2012 #6

Response from my daughter with the CDC in Kenya about this cbayer Mar 2012 #7