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Prevention and control measures like insecticide spraying have been hampered by lockdowns. Sia Kambou / AFP via Getty Images

November 10, 2020

COVID‑19 might have reversed the war against a serious parasitic disease

Raphael Taiwo Aruleba, University of Cape Town; Bernard Ong'ondo Osero, University of Cape Town, and Dr. Ramona Hurdayal, University of Cape Town

Among the health conditions that might have faced a setback is leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease associated with poverty. It can cause devastating lifestyle changes, disability, and even death.

Leishmaniasis is caused by a parasite that is carried by a female sandfly. CDC/ Frank Collins

July 14, 2019

Leishmaniasis needs more attention: it causes skin lesions, and can kill

Dr. Ramona Hurdayal, University of Cape Town and Raphael Taiwo Aruleba, University of Cape Town

Each year 50 000 people from 89 countries, in every continent except Antarctica, die from leishmaniasis, an ancient neglected disease.

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