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December 8, 2010

Study: Nepalese Troops Likely Caused Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
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A new study has backed speculation that Nepalese troops with U.N.
security forces in Haiti were inadvertently responsible for the recent
cholera outbreak that’s killed more than 2,000 people. French
epidemiologist Renaud Piarroux says the most likely explanation for the
outbreak is the contamination of Haiti’s Artobonite River located by the
Nepalese troops’ base.



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