Leishmaniasis -- Worldwide/Unknown
Experts are warning that a dangerous flesh-eating parasite could be on its way to Canada. And dogs may be to blame.
Veterinarians have started to detect leishmania, a dangerous parasite capable of causing a flesh-eating disease in both animals and humans, in Canadian and US dogs.
The parasites, usually spread by sandflies not native to North America, cause the disease leishmaniasis. Some forms of the disease can lead to severe disfigurement or even death. Hundreds of thousands of people
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7906659&promed&0
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