Questions and answers about Sri Lanka mystery kidney disease
Sunday, January 18, 2015 - 00:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
KONKETIYAWA, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A mystery kidney disease is killing Sri Lankan farmers. The first cases surfaced some two decades ago in the country's North Central province, the main rice-producing area. Since then, the disease has killed up to an estimated 20,000 people on the Indian Ocean island nation. As researchers work to unravel the cause, and doctors continue to diagnose new patients, here are a few questions and answers about the illness....