This parasite, Leishmania, causes the tropical disease leishmaniasis.This infection can take several forms, causing open sores on the skin or potentially fatal liver damage. It is transmitted by ...

It causes people to “develop ulcers on their skin,” that sometimes start like “a little tiny volcano with a crater in it,” Mary Kamb, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease ...

Climate change is bringing diseases once considered tropical afflictions to the United States, and new research warns that a parasite spread by sand flies may be the latest to join this growing list.

Discover how climate change is spreading 8 dangerous vector-borne diseases to new areas. Learn what threats could reach your ...

Neglected tropical diseases are a group of 20 diseases found mostly in tropical regions that are strongly associated with poverty. Among them are skin diseases like scabies, leprosy and yaws.

Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease native to tropical areas, can spread with the bite of infected sand flies. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most common ...

A study led by a global research consortium offers new hope for patients with mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease.

The CDC finds that leishmaniasis, a skin disease spread by sand flies, is spreading at low levels in the southern U.S. It was previously considered a tropical disease only be acquired abroad.

For close to two decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with countries around the world to combat neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. The term refers to a group of ...

A unique skin disease carried by sand flies is now in the United States.. Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease native to tropical areas, can spread with the bite of infected sand flies.