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kala azar Path.|kɑːlə, kælə əˈzɑː(r)|
Also with hyphen.
[Assamese, f. kālā black + āzār disease.]
A febrile disease of tropical and subtropical regions caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani and transmitted by sand flies of the genus Phlebotomus: usually associated with emaciation, enlargement of the spleen and liver, and often bronzing of the skin. Also known as visceral leishmaniasis.
1883J. J. Clarke in Ann. Sanitary Rep. Assam 1882 36 As far back as 1869, the attention of administrative officers in Assam became directed to a peculiar disorder (called ‘Kala Azar’, the ‘Black Disease’, from the singular bronzing of the skin so often observed with it), the ravages of which decimated..numerous villages in the district of the Gáro Hills. 1908L. Rogers Fevers in Tropics i. 31 Kala-azar is the epidemic manifestation of a fever, endemic in extensive areas of India, which has spread slowly for thirty years up the Assam valley. 1930Rogers & Megaw Trop. Med. ii. 81 The name kala-azar..was in use in Bengal and Assam long before the nature of the disease was known. 1932Gaiger & Davies Vet. Path. & Bacteriol. xxiii. 346 Visceral leishmaniasis is known in human beings as kala-azar, and is found frequently in dogs.., especially on the shores of the Mediterranean. 1966‘Han Suyin’ Mortal Flower i. 35 The German pension..was run by Mrs Apelt, whose husband was dying of kala-azar acquired in Manchuria. 1970Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xix. 8 Leishmania donovani causes kala azar or visceral leishmaniasis in man and animals, and the disease occurs in certain parts of all continents except Australia. |