Cuban epidemic
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Initial reports from Cuba said malnutrition was causing beri-beri, a deficiency of vitamin B1 that can cause blindness. But the Cuban delegation to a World Health Organisation meeting in Geneva said the epidemic had different causes, possibly including a virus, pesticides or other toxins. 'Nobody really knows,' said a US doctor at the meeting.
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