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Researchers reach important milestone in leishmaniasis vaccine development – News-Medical.Net

Researchers have taken an important step forward in developing a controlled human infection model to test leishmaniasis vaccines.

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Researchers have taken an important step forward in developing a controlled human infection model to test leishmaniasis vaccines.
The University of York-led study identified and characterized a new strain of Leishmania parasite that will form the basis of a new controlled human infection model for the disease which is transmitted by the bite of sand flies. The team then produced the parasite to the standards required for use in human clinical studies.
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