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While the New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis species such as Mexicana normally do not visceralize and attack the bones and organs, it is still a blood borne parasite.
This parasite can take up to twenty years to present symptoms in an otherwise healthy person. The parasite has been proven to live in stored blood for thirty days. There is a ban on blood donations from persons traveling to Iraq and Afghanistan because of this. Leishmaniasis can be transmitted sexually, congenitally, and by blood transfusion or the sharing of needles. There is NO sterile cure and treatment can be very toxic. This parasite should be taken very seriously. http://www.iraqinfections.org
On Icky "Baghdad boil" skin sore showing up locally, including North Richland Hills