| 1. | Another insect-borne disease is leishmaniasis, of which kala azar is one.
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| 2. | Campbell was interested in kala azar and was working under Napier.
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| 3. | So far, we can safely say kala azar is truly a migrant disease,
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| 4. | He immediately carried out research in malaria and kala azar, for which he was assigned.
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| 5. | Synonyms for kala azar now include leishmaniasis.
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| 6. | Kala azar, transmitted by the bite of a sandfly carrying a parasite, infects 500, 000 a year.
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| 7. | In September 1898 he went to southern Assam in ( northeast India ) to study an epidemic of kala azar.
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| 8. | Known medically as leishmaniasis, kala azar is carried by the sand fly and kills an estimated 200, 000 people annually.
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| 9. | Following Leishman's discovery, names like " dum dum fever " and " kala azar " ( both referring to visceral leishmaniasis ) and " Baghdad boil,"
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| 10. | In 1993, the first case of kala azar was reported and to date, there are five cases of the disease, all of them affecting Bangladeshi workers.
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