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| Iron Eagle | Posted – 5/10/2007 6:33:18 PM | show profile Baghdad Boil: Spread of Disease Tied to US Combat Deployments By John Donnelly Washington - A parasitic disease rarely seen in United States but common in the Middle East has infected an estimated 2,500 US troops in the last four years because of massive deployments to remote combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, military officials said. Leishmaniasis, which is transmitted through the bite of the tiny sand fly, usually shows up in the form of reddish skin ulcers on the face, hands, arms, or legs. But a more virulent form of the disease also attacks organs and can be fatal if left untreated. In some US hospitals in Iraq, the disease has become so commonplace that troops call it the "Baghdad boil." But in the United States, the appearance of it among civilian contractors who went to Iraq or among tourists who were infected in other parts of the world has caused great fear because family doctors have had difficulty figuring out the cause. http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050807HB.shtml |
| UGoGirl | Posted – 5/10/2007 9:28:08 PM | show profile Poor Baghdad. Next thing we'll hear is a bird flu pandemic breaking out there. War, yes. Death, most certainly yes. Famine, some. Pestilence, maybe. Yes, it looks like the four horsemen of the apocalypse are in Baghdad. |
