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Kala-Azar
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Or Dum-Dum fever, a tropical disease, characterized by remittent fever, anaemia and enlargement of the spleen (splenomegaly) and often of the liver. It is due to a protozoon parasite (see Parasitic Diseases), discovered in 1900 by Leishman in the spleen, and is of a malarial type. The treatment is similar to that for malaria. In Assam good results have been obtained by segregation.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kala-Azar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kala-azar.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kala-Azar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kala-azar.html. 1910.
