Leishmaniasis -- Libya
The Libya Health Ministry says that the country has seen some 5000 cases of the parasitic disease leishmaniasis in the past 6 months, according to a media account.
"There are currently 5000 patients who are being treated," said Ahmad al-Qarari, who heads the centre for disease control at the health ministry of Libya's UN-backed unity government.
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[We assume that these are cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). CL is caused by the protozoan _Leishmania_
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