Kala-azar is caused by a protozoan parasite transmitted by a sand-fly bite and is characterised by long bouts of fever, loss of weight and muscle strength, enlargement of the spleen and liver, and anaemia.
An international team of researchers from Brazil, the United Kingdom and Portugal, conducted a study showing that the substance from the Nectandra leucantha plant killed Leishmania infantum, the parasite that causes the disease.
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