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Exposure to water contaminated with rat urine is the leading cause of rat fever in Sri Lanka. These fishermen-turned-farmers standing knee-deep in an irrigation pond in Kattakaduwa in northwestern Sri Lanka could be vulnerable to the potentially fatal lep
Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN

  • Exposure to water contaminated with rat urine is the leading cause of rat fever in Sri Lanka. These fishermen-turned-farmers standing knee-deep in an irrigation pond in Kattakaduwa in northwestern Sri Lanka could be vulnerable to the potentially fatal lep

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  • Credits Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN
  • Themes Health
  • Regions Sri Lanka

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