Endemic Village for Kala-azar (IMAGE)

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

Endemic Village for Kala-azar

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This is a typical village in Siraha district, Nepal, where leishmaniasis (also known as Kala-azar) is observed regularly. Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine developed a test for the "super" version of the Leishmania parasite, which is at the same time resistant to the classical drug against it, and more resilient to the human immune system (a biological first).

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