[Leish-l] name

[Christopher Peacock]

Interesting that the Hindi name (Kala = black azar = fever) has been taken
up and brazlianised so effectively, when I was in the North East of Brasil
researching VL  in 1992-94 don’t recall anyone using the term calazar, they
generally called it leishmaniose. It is also odd that L chagasi doesn’t
darken the skin in the same way L. donovani does so the entire meaning has
been lost.

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

From: Carlos Costa [mailto:chncosta at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 7 April 2010 5:44 PM
To: Christopher Peacock
Cc: Leish-L
Subject: Re: [Leish-l] name

 

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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[mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br] On Behalf Of Carlos Costa
Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2010 7:02 AM 


To: Leish-L
Subject: [Leish-l] name

 

Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar? Which, when, how? 

 

Carlos.

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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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Universidade Federal do Piauí
Brazil
Telephone: +55 86 3221-3413

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