Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis is what a few US hostages freed from Colombian rebels after 5 years in captivity suffer from. The U.S. military contractors _ Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, not shown, and Keith Stansell _ were held for five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ever since their drug-surveillance plane went down in the jungle in February 2003. The news was confirmed by the U.S. Embassy in Bogota. It was also conformed that the incident has been the longest ever kidnapping of American citizens. The Americans, although suffering from Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis, were rescued when Colombian spies tricked the leftist rebels to hand them over along with kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. Most of them suffer from Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis wich is a disease, or disorder associated with staying in the jungle for years. Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites, very small microbes that behave like bugs. Or in other words, parasites that are animal-like single celled organisms like amoebas and ciliates. Leishmaniasis can be transmitted in many tropical and sub-tropical countries, and is found in parts of a total of 88 countries in the world. Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis is commonly found in Mexico, Central America, and South America—from northern Argentina to even southern Texas. Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis has almost reached out brake levels in Colombia. In 2004, more than 3,400 troops from the Colombian army, operating in the jungles near the south of the country, were infected with Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis. Apparently, a contributing factor was that many of the affected soldiers did not use the officially provided insect repellent. It is estimated that nearly 13,000 cases of the disease were recorded in all of Colombia throughout 2004, and about 360 new instances of the disease among soldiers had been reported just in February 2005. The symptoms of leishmaniasis are skin sores which erupt weeks to months after the person affected is bitten by sand flies. Certain forms of Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis can be fatal but most can be treated. Other consequences, which can become manifest anywhere from a few months to years after infection, include fever, damage to the spleen and liver, and anemia and all happen from Jungle Malady Leishmaniasis.

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