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JASPER MORTIMER, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-04-2004
Dateline: GARAWAN, Egypt
Mahmoud Said Kheder's sinewy body is honed by years of toil in the corn and wheat fields, but his long robe conceals a lower leg that is swollen to the size of a paint can.

Nineteen years ago, Kheder contracted "elephantiasis," named for inflaming the arms and legs so the folds of flesh resemble those of an elephant. His lower right leg is grotesquely disfigured, swollen to three times the size of his left one.

Elephantiasis, or lymphatic filariasis, has plagued Egypt at least since the days of a Pharaonic ...

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