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Move over mosquitos. There's another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly.Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about a quarter of the size of a mosquito — that live in warm, wet, rural and forested areas. In other parts of the world, they are known to transmit a parasite — a single-celled organism — that causes an infectious disease called leishmaniasis. They're most active at night, and they're so tiny they can slip through ordinary mosquito nets on tents or window screens. "Sometimes you don't even notice that you've been bitten,"...

SWEDISH doctors report deadly parasitic disease has doubled since Angele Merkel’s 2015 Muslim migrant invasion The number of cases in Sweden of Leishmaniasis, a parasitic flesh-eating disease which can lead to death, has doubled since the 2015 migrant wave. Europe Infowars “Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite (genus Leishmania) transmitted by the bite of a female phlebotomine sandfly,” according to Medscape. The parasites that spread the disease are common in the Middle East, Africa and in Mediterranean countries, however it is not normally present in northern Europe. According to Sara Karlsson Söbirk, an infectious doctor at...

Immigration Bringing More Leprosy to U.S."Leprosy, the disfiguring scourge of the skin most associated with exotic lands and Bible stories, is increasing because of immigration from Southeast Asia and Latin America." Question: which extreme right-wing news outlet published that defamatory, scare-mongering, headline and report? Infowars? Breitbart? Fox News, perhaps? Nope. It was . . . The New York Times. The article dates to 1983. But there have been more recent reports of the same problem, as here, here and here. In each article, it is mentioned that the great majority of leprosy cases in the U.S. are diagnosed among immigrants,...

There was a time when people weren't against Syrians seeking refuge in the United States. There is now a disease that has been linked back to the refugees, and it's making some of those supporters question their decision. Even the people who are still in Syria are spreading the diseases that have been thought to be dismissed in the western world. Polio, measles and a flesh-eating disease have plagued Syrians, and wherever they go, the diseases seem to follow. In 2013, the World Health Organization noted that there were 139 cases of measles and polio in Syria when only a...

A flesh-eating tropical disease is ravaging the war-torn Middle East, after Islamic State destruction created the ideal breeding conditions. The parasitic disease called Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by bites from tiny infected sand flies which thriving in the squalid conditions left in the wake of Islamic State terror and conflict. Thousands of cases have now been reported. Previous, it was contained in Syria but has spread to Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan after more than four million Syrians fled there ,With the same migrants now heading on to Europe in their millions, it could be just a matter of times before...

Despite the fact that the FBI had admitted that they don't have the database to vet Syrian "refugees" being brought to the U.S., on December 18, 2015, the traitorous Republican-majority Congress approved of the omnibus spending bill H.R. 2029 that fully funds the "refugee" program, as well as Planned Parenthood, climate change, and amnesty for illegals. (See "Betrayal: GOP funds Planned Parenthood, Syrian 'refugees' and amnesty for illegals") But the problem isn't just that Muslim jihadists are among those "refugees". It turns out that Syrian "refugees" are also bringing into this country a terrible flesh-eating disease called cutaneous leishmaniasis. In...

Obama STILL claims that his precious Syrian "refugees" are harmless, but it has just been revealed that they can do more damage than we ever imagined. Leishmaniasis is a flesh-eating parasite spread by sandflies, and it can often be fatal. According to Conservative Tribune, two forms of this disease are extremely common among Syrian refugees. Lucky Muslim refugees will contract cutaneous leishmaniasis, which produces volcano-like ulcers that develop weeks or months after being bitten by an infected sandfly. However, unlucky refugees will contract visceral leishmaniasis, which does not have the volcano ulcers. Instead, this version of the disease attacks your...

Dermatologists in North Texas were alerted Friday to be on the lookout for a rare skin infection caused by a parasite that may have migrated north from the Mexican border. The disease, leishmaniasis, typically causes a half-dollar-sized boil that takes six to 12 months to heal. It is not considered life-threatening. Doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center said they have identified nine cases of the skin disease in North Texans in recent months. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that all nine people, both adults and children, were infected by the parasite, Leishmania mexicana. Typically found in Mexico...

PATNA, India — The drug that could have cured Munia Devi through a series of cheap injections was identified decades ago but then died in the research pipeline because there was no profit in it. So Mrs. Devi lay limp in a hospital bed here recently, her spleen and liver bulging from under her rib cage as a bilious yellow liquid dripped into her thin arm. The treatment she was receiving can be toxic, and it costs $500. But it was her best hope to cure black fever, a disease known locally as kala azar, which kills an estimated half-million...

International scientists say they have sequenced the genomes of three parasites responsible for diseases that kill more than 150,000 people a year. Their understanding should help with treatments for Chagas disease, African sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis caused by the three pathogens. It might even be possible to make vaccines, they told Science journal. More than 250 scientists were involved in the project, including experts from the Wellcome Trust. Unique opportunity New drugs to treat these so-called "neglected diseases" are desperately needed, say scientists. Many of the treatments used are decades old, carry side effects - some fatal - and often...

Baghdad Boil to Return? By Roger Bate It's heating up in the Southern Iraqi desert and sand flies are returning. They bring with them "Baghdad Boil," a nasty disease, more properly known as cutaneous leishmaniasis. They go about their ghastly business of extracting a blood meal and laying its eggs in human skin. In the previous 12 months there have been over 650 cases of the disease. Poor planning, imprudent regulations and military incompetence mean the Boil will be worse this summer than it otherwise should. It is unfortunate that young men, fighting for their country and being shot at...

Combating a little-known enemySubmitted by: I Marine Expeditionary ForceStory Identification Number: 200457112350Story by Lance Cpl. J.L. Bush CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq(May 07, 2004) -- Marines and sailors here are getting ready to combat a little-known and potentially dangerous enemy indigenous to this region. The bite of an Iraqi sand fly can debilitate a Marine, sailor or a whole unit, but with proper protection the parasitic infection it causes, leishmaniasis, can be prevented, according to Petty Officer 1st Class David A. Carroll, the preventive medicine chief with I Marine Expeditionary Force. I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group’s preventive medicine department has...

Why can't the U.S. military keep ahead of the Baghdad Boil? EASTERN TURKEY — With nearly 600 confirmed cases of "Baghdad Boil" among U.S. troops, medical experts are wondering what can done to contain the disease. Military forecasts only a few weeks ago said there wouldn't be more than 400 cases by the end of April. So what is going wrong? The military cannot claim that it is a new problem; after all, during Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait in 1991 there were 34 cases of Baghdad Boil, more correctly known as Leishmaniasis. Medical experts within the military claim...

Some soldiers can't donate By MARTHA QUILLIN, Staff Writer Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:18AM EST FORT BRAGG -- The threat of a parasitic disease spread by a desert sand fly's bite has put a crimp in the military's blood supply. Thousands of soldiers returning from service in Iraq are learning that they are not eligible to donate blood for one year from the date they left the country, because of the danger of leishmaniasis. Civilian contractors and others also are being barred from giving blood even as the Armed Services Blood Program is trying to rebuild its seven-year supply of...

US soldiers in Iraq infected with skin disease   150 US soldiers in Iraq have been diagnosed with a parasitic skin disease, and hundreds more could unknowingly be infected, experts said. So far 148 soldiers have confirmed cases, but hundreds more are expected, entomologist and Army Lt. Col. Russell Coleman, who spent 10 months in Iraq, was quoted by the USA Today newspaper as saying on Friday. The disease, Leishmaniasis, which is called the "Baghdad Boil" by US soldiers, is carried by biting sand flies and doesn't spread from person to person. It causes skin lesions that if untreated...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5 — Hundreds of American troops in Iraq have been infected with a parasite spread by biting sand flies, and the long-term consequences are still unknown, Army doctors said Friday. The resulting disease, leishmaniasis, has been diagnosed in about 150 military personnel so far, but that is sure to climb in the coming months, the doctors said. All have only the skin form of the disease, which creates ugly "volcano crater" lesions that may last for months, but usually clear up by themselves. None have developed the visceral form that attacks the liver and spleen and is fatal...

<p>Nearly 150 U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been diagnosed with a parasitic skin disease and hundreds more could unknowingly be infected, doctors reported Thursday.</p> <p>Doctors fear that soldiers returning from the front may consult doctors in the United States who have never seen the disease. Complicating matters: The best drug used to treat it is not licensed in the United States.</p>

<p>Nearly 150 U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been diagnosed with a parasitic skin disease, and hundreds more could unknowingly be infected, doctors will report Friday. Doctors fear that soldiers returning from the front might consult doctors in the USA who have never seen the disease. Complicating matters: It has an incubation period of six months, on average, so a person infected in September may not show symptoms until March. Also, the best drug to treat it is not licensed in the USA.</p>

At least 30 soldiers serving in Iraq have contracted a skin disease spread by sand flies, prompting a ban on blood donations by all members of the military in Iraq for a year after they return home, health officials said Thursday.The parasitic disease, leishmaniasis, occurs in two forms. The soldiers have the milder form, which causes skin sores and is curable if promptly treated. The other form of the disease -- believed to account for some reports of Gulf War syndrome after that conflict in 1990-91 -- often causes fever, weight loss and organ damage. It can be fatal.A...