PETER HOTEZ: "The vibrio cholerae bacillus produces a toxin, and this toxin has the ability to poison cells in such a way that you can no longer absorb water so you can become just a shriveled, desiccated individual just a few hours after infection."
Pillar Bauza is with the UN refugee agency. She works with children in refugee camps across Africa.
PILLAR BAUZA: "We have high rates of mortality, above the emergency threshold plus high rates of malnutrition."
Refugee camps along the border between Syria and Turkey have reported cases of cholera and malaria. Experts warn that other bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases could become deadly epidemics in crowded camps as well. Dirty conditions are common in the camps, while safe food and drinking water are hard to find.
And that's the VOA Special English Health Report. You can read and listen to stories and learn American English. I'm Milagros Ardin.
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