People cannot get leishmaniasis directly from other people. Instead, the disease spreads through the bite of blood-sucking sand flies. A fly bites an infected animal or person and takes in the parasite with its meal of blood. parasites (PAIR-uh-sites) are organisms such as protozoa (one-celled animals), worms, or insects that must live on or inside a human or other organism to survive. An animal or plant harboring a parasite is called its host. Parasites live at the expense of the host and may cause illness.
When. The richest fashion designer is Giorgio Armani (Italy). Clothes, watches, perfumes, homeware, and hotels all bear his name an incredible achievement for a medical school drop-out who's now worth a record $5.3 billion (Â£3.3 billion). Records change on a daily basis and are not immediately published online.
New York Fashion Week is still in fully swing, and before it ends we thought we would meet the biggest winners in the fashion industry. From big box clothes retailers to high-end designers, fashion has made some people very, very wealthy. We took a look at the data on Forbes' latest billionaires list (which lists the net worths of the world's richest as of March 2012) to determine the 15 wealthiest people in fashion.