There have been a significant number of cases of leishmaniasis (protozoan infection) of the skin in individuals travelling in Iraq and Afghanistan. At IMC we have just treated 8 individuals working in Iraq for multiple, chronic, nonhealing sores due to Leishmania.

West Nile virus (WNV) likely spread to the U.S. in 1999, having been endemic in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa, and is currently active along the western Gulf coast, during mosquito high-season.

This document discusses preventive use of Tamiflu and where to find other information about the disease.