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© IRD / Olivier Barrière Arable land denshering around Elahé, Amerindian village Wayana in French Guiana Indigo 44480  

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Visceral leishmaniasis : successful vaccine trial in dogs

May 2005

Scientific newssheets

© IRD / Alain Fournet Chien infecté par la leishmaniose viscérale. Il est réservoir domestique de la maladie Indigo 14304  

Visceral leishmaniasis, which is the most severe form of that group of diseases, affects 500 000 people in the world each year.