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  • Pakistan: 2014 Leishmaniasis cases

    Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-New...-in-Landikotal


    Peshawar
    254 fall victim to Leishmaniasis in Landikotal
    Our correspondent
    Monday, February 03, 2014
    From Print Edition

    LANDIKOTAL: Officials at the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Landikotal said on Sunday that they had diagnosed over 254 patients with leishmaniasis disease.

    However, they claimed to have initiated an awareness campaign against the disease in the entire Khyber Agency.Agency Surgeon Dr Abdur Rehman told The News that health officials had detected 254 patients in Landikotal tehsil in January, which comprised mostly women and children...

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    Re: Pakistan: 2014 Leishmaniasis cases

    Source: http://www.nation.com.pk/national/11...cted-in-multan


    EPIDEMIC SKIN DISEASE DETECTED IN MULTAN
    April 11, 2014


    MULTAN-Cutaneous Leishmania, an epidemic skin disease, has found its way to Multan after considerable damage in Karak and Kohat areas of KPK where 300 persons were reported to have been affected by the disease in January and February this year.

    Caused by a sand fly, it has been listed among 17 neglected diseases in the world by World Health Organisation (WHO). More than 14 patients have contracted this vector born disease in just 30 days starting from 13 February, 2014, according to a survey conducted by university students...

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