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. <div>
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. </div>
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On 15 April 2010 17:10, Shyam Sundar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drshyamsundar@hotmail.com" target="_blank">drshyamsundar@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><strong><font color="#800080" face="Arial">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.</font></strong></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="chncosta@gmail.com" href="mailto:chncosta@gmail.com" target="_blank">Carlos Costa</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:54 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br" href="mailto:Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br" target="_blank">Leish-L</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [Leish-l] Fwd: name</div></div></div><div><div></div><div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ashford, R</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ashford@liverpool.ac.uk" target="_blank">ashford@liverpool.ac.uk</a>></span><br>
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2010/4/6<br>Subject: RE: [Leish-l] name<br>To: Carlos Costa <<a href="mailto:chncosta@gmail.com" target="_blank">chncosta@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">'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! </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">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.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">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.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">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.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Regards,</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Dick Ashford</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Consultant Biologist</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Richard W. Ashford DSc</font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br" target="_blank">leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br</a> [<a href="mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br" target="_blank">leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br</a>] On Behalf Of Carlos Costa
[<a href="mailto:chncosta@gmail.com" target="_blank">chncosta@gmail.com</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b> 23 March 2010
23:02<br><b>To:</b> Leish-L<br><b>Subject:</b> [Leish-l]
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<div><strong>Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar? Which, when,
how?</strong> </div>
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<div>Carlos.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Carlos H. N. Costa, MD, DSc.<br>Instituto
de Doenças Tropicais Natan Portella<br>Universidade Federal do
Piauí<br>Brazil<br>Telephone: +55 86
3221-3413<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>--
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