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Brucellosis

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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections

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Leishmaniasis

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Lymphatic filariasis

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Malaria

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Schistosomiasis

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Tuberculosis

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