[leish-l] Sandflies in afganistan

[Fred R. Opperdoes]

Last week the Dutch newspaper "De Telegraaf" reported that in 
Afganistan now  more than 90 Dutch marines have become infected with 
a bug which is transmitted by sandflies. Almost the complete ward of 
the Tropical Diseases Unit of the AMC hospital in Amsterdam is being 
occupied by troops who are treated for cutaneous leishmaniasis.
-- 
Fred R. Opperdoes,
Research Unit for Tropical Diseases (TROP) and
Laboratory of Biochemistry (BCHM)
Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology (ICP)
and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
Avenue Hippocrate 74-75, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium

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