‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear

‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear

Dr. Vivien Sil Mabouang, the head of health services in a lush, green district in the center of Cameroon, drives the mud village roads with newfound worry about the health threat from the rivers and streams that thread through the land. Black flies breed in the fast-flowing water, and when they bite people, they can pass on larval worms that mature beneath the skin. The adult worms can live for 15 years, producing millions of immature worms that…