A Startling Villain

摘要

When villagers in northeastern Bangladesh began dying 3 years ago, disease sleuths were stumped. "Usually we have a good idea of what we're dealing with," says Emily Gurley, an epidemiologist with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, here. "This was not one of those outbreaks." The surprising culprit they uncovered sends a chilling warning to regions facing food shortages.