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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/9137250

Kala-azar is a deadly parasitic disease that's also known as Black Fever, or Visceral leishmaniasis.
It is the second most deadly parasitic disease (after malaria).

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It's such a horrible disease, so this is great news

Bangladesh was successfully validated by WHO based on the fact that the number of reported cases of visceral leishmaniasis was below 1 per 10 000 population in each of the country’s subdistricts for at least 3 consecutive years.

This might make people look it up anyways but: the images can be hard to look at, so please be advised