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Everything takes its own time to fructify, and therefore the word kala-coditat, “influenced by time,” is used herein.
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Everything takes its own time to fructify, and therefore the word kala-coditat, “influenced by time,” is used herein.
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Big concerns Among the major health concerns are disease and the effects of violence, as well as maternal and child care and chronic child malnutrition“The other thing is we are in the midst of an outbreak of a parasitic disease called kala azar,” she said.
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala azar, is the most severe form of the disease, which, if untreated, has a mortality rate of almost 100%.
Chapter 1 2000
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Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar, is an acute, often deadly form of the disease resulting from parasites multiplying in the spleen, liver and bone marrow.
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The dreaded sleeping-sickness of Africa comes through the bites of a small fly; the bedbug is believed to be the means of conveying a frightful disease known as kala-azar, and the house-fly often brings to us the germs that produce typhoid fever, dysentery, and probably other diseases as well.
Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene 1896
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A four-year test of drugs to treat a widespread parasitic disease called kala azar was announced on Monday by the governments of India and Bangladesh, Doctors Without Borders, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative and other groups.
NYT > Home Page By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. 2011
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Conventional treatments for the condition, also known as kala-azar, take much longer and have a greater risk of side effects.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Conventional treatments for the condition, also known as kala-azar, take much longer and have a greater risk of side effects.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Conventional treatments for the condition, also known as kala-azar, take much longer and have a greater risk of side effects.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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