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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am not an immunologist but I have an opinion that I would like to share; splenectomy cures patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>large masses of Leishmania in case of visceral Leishmaniasis is existed in reticuloendothelial system including spleen. Removal of spleen will remove huge masses of the parasite infected cells. In cases of serious splenomegaly and cytopenia, spelenectomy become a good option.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>omar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Omar Hamarsheh, MSc., PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Al-Quds University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Department of Biological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>P.O.Box 51000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Jerusalem<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>PALESTINE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Tel: 00970-599197097<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Fax: 00970-22796960<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:ohamarsheh@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>ohamarsheh@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> <a href="http://mail.alquds.edu/~f3706/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>mail.alquds.edu/~f3706/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carlos Costa<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 21, 2013 3:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Leish-L<br><b>Subject:</b> [Leish-l] spleen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear leishimmunologists,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Do you have any guess on why splenectomy cures kala-azar? Would it be the absence of spleen-derived IL-10?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>All my best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Carlos.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Carlos H. N. 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