A man waits for the elevator at the Social Security hospital in Panama City October 5, 2006. The death toll from a mystery illness in Panama has risen to at least 17, with 10 others still suffering but recovering from fever, diarrhea and partial paralysis, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Doctors do not know the cause but say the disease progresses rapidly to the renal system and causes neurological damage.
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