Leishmaniasis

We also know that two of them, apparently, have Leishmaniasis, which is a parasitic disease.

CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2008 2008

Leishmaniasis, transmitted by a species of sandfly, threatened the health of 13 million Afghans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report on neglected tropical diseases.

Millions Of Afghans Suffering From Parasitic Skin Disease Yahoo! News 2010

Leishmaniasis, transmitted by a species of sandfly, threatened the health of 13 million Afghans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report on neglected tropical diseases.

Millions Of Afghans Suffering From Parasitic Skin Disease The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Visceral Leishmaniasis: A parasitic infection spread by sandflies that attacks the internal organs.

Agencies, Drug Makers, Gates Target 10 Diseases Jeanne Whalen 2012

Leishmaniasis, transmitted by a species of sandfly, threatened the health of 13 million Afghans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report on neglected tropical diseases.

Millions Of Afghans Suffering From Parasitic Skin Disease The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Leishmaniasis, transmitted by a species of sandfly, threatened the health of 13 million Afghans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report on neglected tropical diseases.

Millions Of Afghans Suffering From Parasitic Skin Disease Yahoo! News 2010

In the animal world, research has found that hamsters infected with Leishmaniasis, a flesh-eating disease common in much of the developing world, attract disease-spreading sandflies.

Wired Top Stories 2010

OWH is focused on three drug development and distribution programs around three diseases: Visceral Leishmaniasis (AKA Kala-Azar, the second most deadly parasitic disease in the world), malaria (which afflicts more than 350 million people a year and kills 1 million), and diarrheal disease (which kills some 2 million babies a year).

Polly LaBarre: We Can't Say We Don't Know 2008

Poor sanitation can also contribute to the spread of the jungle malady Leishmaniasis, which afflicts about 200,000 people in the Afghan city of Kabul.

Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis Afflicts Freed American Hostages 2008

The hostages were kept deep in the rain forest, where they contracted the jungle malady Leishmaniasis.

Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis Afflicts Freed American Hostages 2008