[Leish-l] name

[Carlos Costa]

Interestingly, kala-azar has been adopted plenty in Brazil as "calazar",
since the earlier scientific papers. However, it was adopted by authors from
the Northeast, which is the main endemic area, like Prata and Alencar.
Today, both names are normally use, but one may feel that visceral
leishmaniasis could stand as more educated and kala-azar (calazar), as more
informal, although, in my view both are interchangeable.
Carlos.

2010/4/6 Christopher Peacock <cpeacock at cyllene.uwa.edu.au>

>  Kala-azar is the Indian name for visceral leishmaniasis so used
> extensively in the Indian sub continent, it literally means black skin in
> Hindi I believe. Visceral leishmaniasis is the proper generic name for
> systemic leishmaniasis caused by L. donovani, L. infantum and L. (infantum)
> chagasi. Leishmaniasis has a vast array of names depending on the type and
> geographical location, there was a post on the number of names a few years
> ago.
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> *From:* leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:
> leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br] *On Behalf Of *Carlos Costa
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> *Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar? Which, when, how?*
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> Carlos H. N. Costa, MD, DSc.
> Instituto de Doenças Tropicais Natan Portella
> Universidade Federal do Piauí
> Brazil
> Telephone: +55 86 3221-3413
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Carlos H. N. Costa, MD, DSc.
Instituto de Doenças Tropicais Natan Portella
Universidade Federal do Piauí
Brazil
Telephone: +55 86 3221-3413

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