Leishmaniasis -- Syria
This month [March 2018], a medical organization documented about 35 000 cases of infection with leishmaniasis in the countrysides of Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama governorates, in northern and central Syria. Leishmaniasis is a disease that affects the skin or internal organs. It is caused by the leishmania parasite and is transmitted by the bite of sandflies.
The head of the leishmaniasis department in the Mentor organization, Dr Mohammad al-Omar, told SMART that 2 kinds of leishmaniasis spread
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5697664&promed&0
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