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Kala Azar
To the Editor, "Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?In the communication from Surgn.-Capt. P. W. O'Gorman in your issue for November regarding hda azar I see no mention of the fact of his having made use of the microscope in his search for anchylostomata. If, instead of straining the motion and examining them microscopically, he examines them microscopically according to the directions given by Sonsi...
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The incidence of infantile visceral leishmaniasis is currently increasing, at least in the Mediterranean region. Most cases seen in France occur on the Mediterranean coast or are imported from Africa. However, contamination in other regions of France is not an exceptional occurrence and may raise diagnostic problems. The parasite reservoir is the dog population in which the prevalence of Leishm...
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had several private cases sent to us by private practitioners of the city. Almost all those cases were in the initial stages. The peripheral blood of these patients was examined every week (each time about ̂ dozen slides), but I rarely found the parasites in the early stages. Still, other changes in the blood and the characteristic temperature of the disease made us suspect a case to be one of K...
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remain unknown. S. delphini has rarely been identified in horses, but, as we observed, it may be misidentified by conventional methods. Although colonization or contamination appeared most likely in the instances we describe, these findings suggest that this opportunistic pathogen can be found in horses and might be pathogenic in certain situations. Our findings highlight the importance of usin...
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Leishmania infections are worldwide in distribution. The disease is endemic in the tropical and subtropical regions of 88 countries. There are an estimated 12 million cases worldwide; 1.5 to 2 million new cases occur every year. Cutaneous forms are most common (1 to 1.5 million cases per year), and 500,000 cases of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar, VL) occur every year. The resurgence of leish...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(17)30800-6