[Leish-l] Fwd: name

[Anuradha Dube]

I fully agree with Dr Shyam Sundar's view that VL and Kala azar are
synonymous. Elaborately, to my understanding, VL is classified on the basis
of *Leishmania* strains as below:

*Leishmania donovani donovani ( LDd),* commonly known as *Kala-azar *in
India and Sudan (Africa) as *Anthroponotic  VL. *A further manifestation in
the form of* Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmanoid (PKDL) *occurs in humans* *in
* India and Sudan *(only?*) *is due to this strain only (LDd)

*Leishmania donovani chagasi ( LDc)* commonly known as *calaazar* in South
America (Brazil) and  *Leishmania donovani infantum (LDi)* commonly known as
*Mediterranean VL* in Mediterranean, as *Zoonotic VL (*with dog as reservoir
*)*.

Anuradha

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM, 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
>  ------------------------------
> *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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