A tropical parasite, passed through the bite of a sand fly, is causing skin infections in the US
Move over mosquitos. There's another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly.
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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.
(CNN) — 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<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/a-tropical-parasite-passed-through-the-bite-of-a-sand-fly-is-causing-skin-infections-in-the-us/">Read More</a>
It’s fatal if left untreated.
Sand flies, tiny insects about a quarter the size of mosquitoes, are posing a health threat to Americans by transmitting a parasite that causes leishm
Doctors are sounding the alarm on the deadly tropical disease leishmaniasis spreading into the US — so rare that most physicians have never seen or heard of a single case of it.