The Poor Man's Disease. Cesar Chelala.
by Chelala, Cesar; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 10Health. Publisher: Himal South Asian, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Communicable diseases -- Transmission | Communicable diseases -- Treatment | Flies as carriers of disease | Insecticides | Kala-azar | Leishmaniasis | Medicine -- History | Parasitic diseases | Sand flies | South Asia | SymptomsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Perhaps the lesser known of the infectious diseases of Southasia, and the most neglected, is Kala-azar. The name stands for 'Black Sickness,' because of the darkened colour assumed by the skin of some patients. Kala-azar is the Mogul period vernacular name of Leishmaniasis, a disease fatal if not treated, that annually affects 500,000 people in 69 countries and has a population at risk of 350 million people." (HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN) This article describes leishmaniasis and stresses how this disease is neglected in the poor areas of South Asia.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Poor Man's Disease, March/April 2004; pp. 37-41.
"Perhaps the lesser known of the infectious diseases of Southasia, and the most neglected, is Kala-azar. The name stands for 'Black Sickness,' because of the darkened colour assumed by the skin of some patients. Kala-azar is the Mogul period vernacular name of Leishmaniasis, a disease fatal if not treated, that annually affects 500,000 people in 69 countries and has a population at risk of 350 million people." (HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN) This article describes leishmaniasis and stresses how this disease is neglected in the poor areas of South Asia.
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