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What (who) is kala azar - definition

HUMAN DISEASE

Kala azar; Kala-azar; Leishmaniasis, visceral; Kala-Azar; Kala Azar; Black fever; Black Fever; L. donovani; Dumdum fever; Leishmaniasis, visceral affecting skin; Visceral Leishmaniasis affecting skin; Kalaazar; Visceral leismaniasis; Kala-azar fever; Black Sickness; Kalazar

kala-azar

[?k?:l???'z?:]

¦ noun a form of the disease leishmaniasis affecting the internal organs, with emaciation, anaemia, and fever.

Origin

C19: from Assamese, from kala 'black' + azar 'disease' (because of the bronzing of the skin often assoc. with it).

Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

A COMPLICATION OF LEISHMANIASIS

Leishmaniasis, post kala azar dermal; Leishmaniasis, post kala-azar dermal; Post-kala-azar dermatosis; Post-kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Post-kalaazar dermal leishmaniasis; Post-kalazar dermal leishmaniasis; PKDL

Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a complication of visceral leishmaniasis (VL); it is characterised by a macular, maculopapular, and nodular rash in a patient who has recovered from VL and who is otherwise well. The rash usually starts around the mouth from where it spreads to other parts of the body depending on severity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-kala-azar_dermal_leishmaniasis

Kāla

HINDU DEITY AND CONCEPT

Kaal (Hindi Movie); Kaal; Kala (java); Kālá; Kala (Java); Kala (time); Sree Kalan; Kāla (time); Kaal (time)

(, ) kaalam or kaala) is a word used in Sanskrit which means "Time" or "death." As time personified, destroying all things, Kala is a god of death, and often used as one of the various names or forms of Yama.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kāla

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Visceral leishmaniasis

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar (Hindi: kālā āzār, "black sickness") or "black fever", is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and, without proper diagnosis and treatment, is associated with high fatality. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania.

The parasite migrates to the internal organs such as the liver, spleen (hence "visceral"), and bone marrow, and, if left untreated, will almost always result in the death of the host. Signs and symptoms include fever, weight loss, fatigue, anemia, and substantial swelling of the liver and spleen. Of particular concern, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is the emerging problem of HIV/VL co-infection.

VL is the second-largest parasitic killer in the world (after malaria), responsible for an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 deaths each year worldwide.

Upendranath Brahmachari synthesised urea stibamine (carbostibamide) in 1922 and determined that it was an effective substitute for the other antimony-containing compounds in the treatment of VL caused by Leishmania donovani.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visceral leishmaniasis

Examples of use of kala azar

1. Kala Azar, also called visceral leishmaniasis, causes fever, swelling of the spleen and severe weight loss.

2. Unlike treatments for AIDS and heart disease, there have been few advances in Kala Azar drugs in nearly two decades.

3. It would also work towards reducing deaths from diseases like malaria, kala azar, filaria, dengue, cataract and TB.

4. Kala–azar, spread by the sand fly and potentially fatal, affects tens of thousands of new victims in the country each year.

5. New concepts for fighting poverty, disease and climate change are opening up, says Ken Burnett Monday September 25, 2006 SocietyGuardian.co.uk Black fever, also known as kala–azar, is the world‘s most deadly parasitic disease after malaria.