The latest affliction to hit weary residents of Aleppo is the "Aleppo button" disease. Transmitted by flies, the parasitic disease arrived along with the thousands of Syrians displaced from their homes by fighting. Mohamed, 11, first saw the unsightly welts caused by the disease appear on his face three months ago, and they keep growing. "It's a fly that comes from pomegranates, it bites you and you catch the Aleppo button," he says. The ...Sunday, 31 March 2013
War-Torn City Affected by 'Aleppo Button' Disease
The latest affliction to hit weary residents of Aleppo is the "Aleppo button" disease. Transmitted by flies, the parasitic disease arrived along with the thousands of Syrians displaced from their homes by fighting. Mohamed, 11, first saw the unsightly welts caused by the disease appear on his face three months ago, and they keep growing. "It's a fly that comes from pomegranates, it bites you and you catch the Aleppo button," he says. The ...
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