3 Deadly Diseases You've Probably Never Heard Of

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There are some diseases, like Zika or malaria, that get a lot of media coverage. However, every year, millions of people are infected with diseases that are just as deadly that we never hear anything about.

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General:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4758649/

Schistosomiasis:

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/schistosomiasis/gen_info/faqs.html

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs115/en/

Chagas:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chagas-disease/basics/symptoms/con-20030854

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/214581-treatment

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105117/

African trypanosomiasis:

http://www.who.int/trypanosomiasis_african/surveillance/en/