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| | Scrub Typhus disease in Maldives |
 | | The experts are from the American and Thai Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), according to the Health Ministry. |
 | | They are in Maldives to conduct research into scrub typhus, which is spread by mites from animals. |
 | | Dr Abdul Aziz Yusuf, Director of the Health Ministry, is accompanying the team of experts in Gadhoo, and he said that the team is gathering information about this disease, which also appeared in Maldives in the 1940s. |
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