[Leish-l] name

[Jenefer M. Blackwell]

Hi all

We might find a sensible answer to that one day - it could have to do with 
whether the parasites are influencing melanosomes - which are related to 
lysosomes - which is where the parasites like to live!

Cheers, Jennie

On Apr 15 2010, Christopher Peacock wrote:

>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.
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>Cheers
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>Chris
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>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
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> 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.
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>2010/4/6 Christopher Peacock <cpeacock at cyllene.uwa.edu.au>
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>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
>Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2010 7:02 AM 
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>To: Leish-L
>Subject: [Leish-l] name
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>Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar? Which, when, how? 
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>Carlos.
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