Leishmaniasis — India
At least 10 people of an Adivasi [indigenous people to the place] village in South Dinajpur district’s Kushmandi block [West Bengal state] have been infected with kala-azar [visceral leishmaniasis], officials said. Kala-azar is a form of the disease leishmaniasis marked by emaciation, anaemia, fever, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.
The disease is [transmitted] by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies, an official said. The health department has started spraying
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