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A meeting entitled “Second generation vaccines against leishmaniasis” was held in Merida, Mexico on May 1-3, 2001. The meeting was hosted by the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in Merida and sponsored by the WHO/World Bank/ UNDP Special Programme for Training and Research in Tropical Disease (TDR) and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI). The meeting consisted of two parts: 1) a review of the evaluation of recombinant Leishmania antigen testing in two independent labs and 2) individual presentations regarding second generation Leishmania vaccine candidates. [The first generation Leishmania vaccine is considered to be the killed whole Leishmania parasite vaccine that has been tested in clinical trials in Iran, Sudan, and Latin America (1-3).

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Vol. 13 Núm.1. Enero-Marzo 2002 Pags. 53-53. Rev Biomed 2002; 13(1)