[Leish-l] Fwd: name

Carlos Costa chncosta at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 16:22:33 BRT 2010


2010/4/4 Avaneesh Shukla <shukla.avaneesh at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> Kala-azar was used when the patients used to turn black. In Hindi kala
> means black and azar means fever. Due to late treatment of the patients they
> used to turn black.
>
> kala azar is a historical term coined in days when the treatment was not
> readily available.
>
> Nowadays due to prompt and early treatment patients do not turn black.
>
> In place of kala azar I think it would be better to use Indian Visceral
> Leishmaniasis.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards.
>
>   On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>   *Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar? Which, when, how?*
>>
>> Carlos.
>>
>> --
>> 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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>
>
> --
> Avaneesh Shukla
> Final MB,BS Student
> Sri Krishna Medical College
> Muzaffarpur
> INDIA.
>



-- 
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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