San Francisco Chronicle · 5 April 1983

CP-1983-008

U.S. Doctors Study Mystery In West Bank

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U.S. Doctors Study Mystery In West Bank Tulkarem, Occupied West Bank Two American specialists in epi- demic control began yesterday to investigate the current wave of mys- terious illness among Palestinian schoolchildren, which the Israelis blame on mass hysteria and the Arabs link to poison. Drs.

Philip Landrigan and Bess Miller, epidemiologists from the Centers for Dis- ease Control in Atlanta, began an "inde- pendent investigation" of the unexplained illness — characterized by dizziness, nau- sea, blurred vision and headaches. More than 800 peopie have been stricken since March 21 in the Jenin and Tulkarem areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Most of the victims have been teenage girls. The epidemic tapered off, then peaked Sunday when at least 394 girls were hospitalized. The Geneva-based World Health Orga- nization of the United Nations also sent two doctors - an epidemiologist

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"U.S. Doctors Study Mystery In West Bank," San Francisco Chronicle, 5 April 1983. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1983-008. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1983-008

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