Sand flies carry the protozoan parasites that spread leishmaniasis. It was thought to be a disease of tropical climates, but leishmaniasis-causing parasites have now been found living and circulating in the United States. Back in 2014, dermatologist Bridget McIlwee saw a 3-year-old patient in central Texas with unusual bumps on his ear.
“They looked a little bit like almost kind of a benign mole that you would see in a child, except that you wouldn’t expect something like that to come up quickly and then multiply,” she says.
McIlwee sent off a sample for laboratory testing, and the results came back […]
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