Dr. Ruth Berggren has treated HIV and other infectious disease patients at Charity Hospital in New Orleans for the past five years.

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"If you read the Israeli literature, the Israelis are like, 'duh, '" says Andrew Shorr, an infectious disease specialist who recently left Walter Reed for Washington Hospital Center and says the Israelis have been dealing with the bacteria in battlefield situations for a long time.

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