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Seren Morris

What is tomato flu? Transmission, treatment, symptoms as cases on the rise in India

Tomato flu is a new viral disease that has broken out in India among young children that causes the eruption of red and painful blisters that can grow to be the size of a tomato.

Lancet Respiratory Medicine reports that more than 80 children have been diagnosed with the virus, which spread from the state of Kerala to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Odisha.

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