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Leishmaniasis Research The foundation awarded the He - brew University of Jerusalem Ku - vin Center for the Study of Infe - ctious and Tropical Dis - eases a $ 5 million grant in 2009 for research into vis - ceral leishmaniasis, an emerging pa - ra - sitic disease in Ethiopia where it is frequently as - sociated with HI - V / A-IDS, and a leading cause of adult illness and death.