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
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