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Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Two tribes in the Peruvian Amazon could be wiped out by hepatitis B, the United Nations says.

Deaths among the Candoshi Tribe and the Sharpa Tribe are reported to be high. The UN is planning to vaccinate babies in an attempt to wipe out the disease.

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Hepatitis threatens to wipe out two Amazon tribes (Reuter 9/24)

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