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explain black fever!!

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explain black fever!!

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>Devansh Jain< Hallelujah.......!!!!!!

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4 Feb 2009 19:19:11 IST

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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar and black fever, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus. It is the second-largest parasitic killer in the world (after malaria), responsible for an estimated 500 000 deaths each year worldwide.[1] The parasite migrates to the internal organs such as 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, 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

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Black fever is also called kala-azar and leishmaniasis Black fever is a deadly disease transmitted via the bite of an infected sand fly.known medically as visceral leishmaniasis and in popular English as black fever

It is caused by parasitic protozoan Leishmania which completes its life cycle on two hosts initially on sandfly and then on humans

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10 Feb 2009 19:13:25 IST

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dr. U N . Brahamachary did the pioneering work on it.

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Sreedhara gupta ( part of a team at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Jadavpur ) won Young Scientist Award by the Indian Science Congress Association for her contribution to kala-azar research.

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11 Feb 2009 19:09:06 IST

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@ramyani chakrabarty..4m where u get dis info?

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