Mystery Kidney Disease in Nicaragua Linked to Occupational Factors


Researchers from Boston University School of Public Health are a little closer to unraveling the mystery behind a chronic kidney disease epidemic that has been affecting young, male agricultural workers in Central America for many years, perhaps decades.  Since 2009, this research team has sought the cause of CKDu (chronic kidney disease of unknown origin), … Continue reading Mystery Kidney Disease in Nicaragua Linked to Occupational Factors