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PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis, cutaneous – Pakistan (02): (KP)
Leishmaniasis -- PakistanLeishmaniasis [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 [...]
