[Leish-l] Fwd: name

[Hashim Ghalib]

The descriptive name Kala azar originated early at the time of discovery of
the disease in India and Sudan based on clinical presentation of the disease
and associated morbidity and ultimate mortality in untreated cases.
The clinical records in the Indian subcontinent and Sudan denote the
diseases as Kala azar. The local and community knowledge and perception abut
the diseases is based on the name Kala azar. This may have epidemiological,
treatment and control value.


On 15 April 2010 17:10, Shyam Sundar <drshyamsundar at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  *It will be impossible erase kala-azar from leishmaniasis, you might try
> and restrict it to anthroponotic VL. It originated from the deadly black
> fever without treatment. Now also you do see occasional blackish
> discoloration. For most of us, VL and kala-azar us synonymous.*
>
>  *From:* Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:54 AM
> *To:* Leish-L <Leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br>
> *Subject:* [Leish-l] Fwd: name
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ashford, R <ashford at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Date: 2010/4/6
> Subject: RE: [Leish-l] name
> To: Carlos Costa <chncosta at gmail.com>
>
>
>  'Visceral leishmaniasis' is correct for all versions.  Personally I much
> prefer to restrict 'kala azar' to the anthroponotic disease in the Indian
> subcontinent.  The epidemiology is so different from that of L. infantum
> infection that they deserve different names. The disease in East Africa is a
> problem!
>
> A serious constraint in advocacy of leish, one of the many reasons why
> malaria is so much better known, is the confusion over the names and the
> unfamiliarity of both 'leishmaniasis' and 'kala azar' in the public
> consciousness.  Neither leish nor k-a is a household name.
>
> This doesn't answer your question and, fortunately, we have no 'Academy' of
> the English language, so there is no definitive answer.  All versions are
> 'correct' if they are routinely used, which means they have to be explained
> and defined whenever they are used.
>
> By the way, I believe the 'kala', which means 'black' (same root as 'coal')
> refers not to skin colour, but to the seriousness of epidemics, as with
> 'black death' for whatever disease(s) (bubonic plague?) killed so many
> people at that time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick Ashford
>
>  Consultant Biologist
> Richard W. Ashford DSc
> 142 Meols Parade
> Meols
> CH47 6AN
> UK
> Tel +44 (0)151 632 2714
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> *From:* leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br [leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br]
> On Behalf Of Carlos Costa [chncosta at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 23 March 2010 23:02
> *To:* Leish-L
> *Subject:* [Leish-l] name
>
>    *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
>
>
>
>
> --
> 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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