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Desert boil strikes hard: An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sindh, Pakistan
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Desert boil strikes hard: An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sindh, Pakistan

Muhammad Yasir and Fivzia Farooq Herekar
Tropical doctor, Vol.52(4), pp.615-616
01/10/2022
PMID: 35786104

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Science & Technology Tropical Medicine
Amidst the ongoing wave of COVID in Pakistan, multiple cities of interior province of Sindh were struck by a new epidemic. This disfiguring disease known as the Desert Boil or Cutaneous Leishmaniasis has affected nearly 4400 people and daily 100-150 cases are being reported in men, women and children of all age. Public health authorities have declared a health emergency in various cities and are trying to curtail this epidemic.

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