March 20, 2014

Gorgas Course in Peru: Days 2-3

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Yesterday (Tuesday) we saw peds patients. Today (Wednesday), we saw adult patients with the director: six different patients, each with a different tropical disease: malaria, cat scratch fever, human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), parasitic seizures (tapeworm went to this patient's brain) and a parasite affecting the liver.