What is leishmaniasis?
The infected Sand flies spread the Leishmaniasis
infection caused by Leishmania parasites.
History
From 7th century
BC descriptions of conspicuous lesions are discovered on tablets from King Ashurbanipal.
Some of which may have been derived from even earlier texts from 1500 to
2500 BC.
leishmaniasis, which causes skin sores, and visceral (VIS-er-al)
leishmaniasis, which affects some of the internal organs of the body
(for example, spleen, liver, and bone marrow)
How do people get
infected with Leishmania parasites?
You will be infected when infected female sand
flies. bites you (Sand flies become infected by biting an infected
animal or person.)
Sand flies do not
make noice when they fly and they are smallar than musqutos and so their
presence and bites are unnoticed by humans.
Sand flies usually are most active in twilight, evening, and night-time
hours (from dusk to dawn). Although sand flies are less active during
the hottest time of the day, they may bite if they are disturbed (for
example, if a person brushes up against the trunk of a tree or other
site where sand flies are resting).
Some types (species) of Leishmania parasites may also be spread by blood
transfusions or contaminated needles (needle sharing). Congenital
transmission (spread from a pregnant woman to her baby) has been
reported
