Leishmaniasis -- Palestinian Authority
Disease-spreading sandfly, a type of mosquito [sic; it is not a mosquito], has been plaguing a West Bank settlement and the surrounding areas in recent weeks, prompting calls for the Israel Nature and Parks Authority to intervene.
More than 50 cases of the leishmaniasis disease [cutaneous, we presume], transmitted by infected sandflies, have been recorded in the community of Tzofim in the northern West Bank and other nearby areas. At least half of those affected are children under the age
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