[Leish-l] Fwd: name

[Jenefer M. Blackwell]

OK - well maybe not then! We'll see if molecules and genetics can provide 
the answer one day!

I think VL is the best option for international use. We just all need to be 
mindful that the parasite and the disease is different in different 
countries.

Cheers, Jennie

On Apr 15 2010, Carlos Costa wrote:

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Anthony Bryceson <a.bryceson at doctors.net.uk>
>Date: 2010/4/7
>Subject: Re: [Leish-l] name
>To: Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>
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>
>Visceral leishmaniasis is the term used internationally
>
> Kala-azar is the traditional name for the disease on the Indian 
> subcontinent. Kala means black in HIndi; azar is said to mean fever in 
> Assamese. Some say that black refers to the change in skin colour, some 
> that it refers to the dreadful nature of the epidemic disease, as in the 
> Black Death in Europe.
>
>PKDL still means post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Mercifully no one
>seems to be pushing for PVLDL
>
>Would my Indian friends care to comment?
>
>Best wishes
>
>Dr Anthony Bryceson
>London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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>On 23 Mar 2010, at 23:02, Carlos Costa wrote:
>
>> 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
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