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What are some rare diseases that aren't genetic?
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Default What are some rare diseases that aren't genetic? - 12-21-2008, 02:43 PM

I'm curious. Nothing genetic thought. Rare diseases that can be passed from one person to another, but ones that aren't common, like a flu or the cold. Or even STD's.
   
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Default 12-23-2008, 06:09 AM

Leprosy, tuberculosis, bubonic plague, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, ebola, hanta, dengue fever, etc.Some of these diseases are still common in parts of the world.
   
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