Parasitic infection becoming endemic and needs attention to minimise losses
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad : The cases of Leishmaniasis, a parasitic infection that has high mortality rate is continuously on the rise in the country particularly in border areas of the Sindh and Baluchistan provinces while the disease has been taking endemic nature in a number of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwah and AJK. The rare skin disease that damages the immune system severely is caused by the bite of infected Phlebotomine sand fly. It is fatal if not managed properly and treated well in time. In Pakistan, the reported cases of one of the three types of Leishmaniasis, visceral Leishmaniasis have been reported from Dera Ismail Khan, Quetta, Tank, Hazara Division, Northern areas and Azad Jammu and...