Although Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kalazar) has been on the decline in Nepal, this year, along with the coming of the monsoon, there has been a spike in the number of cases of Kalazar, according to a post on the Ekantipur website. Masses of sandfly, which is the vector of this disease, have been noticed in the … Continue reading With the Monsoons, Kalazar Haunts the Terai
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First Isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand
A case report published in the PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports the first isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand. From the published abstract:AbstractSince 1996, there have been several case reports of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in Thailand. Here we report a case in a 52-year-old Thai male from northern Thailand, who presented with subacute fever, huge splenomegaly … Continue reading First Isolation of Leishmania from Northern Thailand
Leishmaniasis Outbreak in ISIS Held Raqqa, Syria
Leishamaniasis, a disease caused by Leishmania donovani, and spread by the sand fly, is reportedly raging through the capital of the Caliphate held by ISIS, Raqqa, Syria. Newspaper reports contend that there may be as many as 2,500 cases of Leishmaniasis in the city, which has become the focus of military strikes by multiple nations … Continue reading Leishmaniasis Outbreak in ISIS Held Raqqa, Syria
Diseases of Displaced People: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Scabies, polio, tuberculosis, malaria, and a host of other diseases have been blamed on the penurious conditions that refugees are often forced to live in when in transitional shelters or refugee camps. In an "online ahead of print" report published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, which is run by the CDC, another disease has … Continue reading Diseases of Displaced People: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
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