Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Refugee Crises in the Middle East and North Africa

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Source: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004545

Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Refugee Crises in the Middle East and North Africa

Rebecca Du,
Peter J. Hotez,
Waleed S. Al-Salem,
Alvaro Acosta-Serrano

PLOS

Published: May 26, 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004545


The Syrian refugee crisis has precipitated a catastrophic outbreak of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis now affecting hundreds of thousands of people living in refugee camps or trapped in conflict zones. A similar situation may also be unfolding in eastern Libya and Yemen....

 

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Source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/...s-ugly-head-and-it-s-spreading/article/466578

An old disease has reared its ugly head, and it's spreading
By Karen Graham yesterday in Health

Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease once contained to areas around Aleppo and Damascus in Syria, has now been given new life thanks to the ongoing conflict in the region, reaching catastrophic proportions.

Look up cutaneous leishmaniasis on YouTube and you will find hundreds of videos, most of them showing the disfiguring damage this disease causes people in areas where it is endemic. There are lots of videos of Syrian refugees with the disease.

In Syria, the disease had been confined to areas around Aleppo and Damascus, and in better times, was controlled to a great extent with proper health care. But today it is quite different, and health authorities are fearful the disease, which has already spread to Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan, may end up in Europe, reports News.com.au...