Quang Ngai -
A mysterious skin disease has killed 19 people and affected 171 others in the province of Quang Ngai, one of the most impoverished in the country. The resistant disease was first discovered in April 2011 before dying down and resurfacing with a vengeance.
Hidradenitis suppurativa. Almost sounds like something from outer space, doesn't it? It is a chronic skin inflammation that is considered a severe form of acne, which occurs deep in the skin where apocrine sweat glands are found.