Leishmaniasis -- Pakistan
Leishmaniasis [cutaneous] has affected hundreds of people, including children and elderly, in the Lachi tehsil and several adjoining villages. The disease is caused from a bite by sand fly.
The affected people have been left with scars on the face and other body parts.
The focal person on the disease told Dawn on Sunday [23 May 2021] that the sand fly parasite had come from Afghanistan and Balochistan during the war against terrorism, as earlier there was no sign of it in the
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8383196&promed&0
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