Department of Internal Medicine, 586034The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Trop Doct. 2022 Oct;52(4):615-616. doi: 10.1177/00494755221093469. Epub 2022 Jul 3.
Amidst the ongoing wave of COVID in Pakistan, multiple cities of interior province of Sindh were struck by a new epidemic. This disfiguring disease known as the Desert Boil or Cutaneous Leishmaniasis has affected nearly 4400 people and daily 100-150 cases are being reported in men, women and children of all age. Public health authorities have declared a health emergency in various cities and are trying to curtail this epidemic.
在巴基斯坦持续的 COVID 浪潮中，信德省的多个内陆城市受到了一种新的传染病的袭击。这种被称为沙漠疖或皮肤利什曼病的疾病已影响了近 4400 人，每天有 100-150 例男性、女性和各年龄段的儿童病例报告。公共卫生当局已在各个城市宣布卫生紧急状态，并正在努力控制这一疫情。
