TIMERGARA, May 4: Over 100 people in Munjai village of Lower Dir have been suffering from cutaneous leishmaniasis, a skin disease caused by a bite of a specific mosquito or sand fly, which a local doctor say has no medical cure.

Relief International district project manager Mr Abdullah told media persons here on Friday that people of every age, including children, in the village were found with leshmniasis. He said that during a visit to the village he noted that the disease was fast spreading.

When contacted, Dr Khaista Rahman said that the mosquito causing leishmaniasis was different from ordinary mosquitoes.

He said that leishmaniasis had no medicinal cure, but sores on the skin disappeared after a year. He said that the only precaution was ending mosquitoes.

Dr Rahman suggested that people should use mosquito nets, while the health department should carry out anti-mosquito spray in areas where patients of leishmaniasis had been registered.

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