At the Institute of Tropical Medicine, researchers found a parasite that developed a resistance against a common medicine and in addition, had become better in withstanding the human immure system. This unicellular organism has amazed scientists and this parasite causes leishmaniasis, which is one of the most important parasitic diseases following malaria. It kills millions of people.The parasite is transferred by bite of a sand fly. Now there is question of whether our medicines contributed to creating a superbug.
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