Flesh-eating ‘Aleppo boil’ disease spreads through Syrian city as parasite-spreading flies thrive on mounting waste and sewage

Rebels fighting to hold Syria's economic hub from government forces are facing an enemy their AK47's cannot target. A virulent flesh-eating disease known as 'Aleppo boil' is sweeping the city as the destruction of its infrastructure has led to a breakdown in sanitation systems. Also known as the 'Aleppo evil' or, to give it its proper name, cutaneous leishmaniasis, it causes painful lesions which can become secondarily infected, often leading to permanent disfigurement.

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