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What disease is rare today?

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That depends on how developed a country is. Rickets, once common in the USA is virtually unheard of now, but is still a severe problem in certain places. Two diseaases that have just about been totally eradicated are smallpox and polio, but polio seems to be on the rise, again, in underdeveloped areas.

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