KALA AZAR: A REVIEW OF ITS INCIDENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN CHINA AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS ON 585 CASES
Authors: Frederick G. Scovel
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 October 1944KALA AZAR: A REVIEW OF ITS INCIDENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN CHINA AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS ON 585 CASESFREDERICK G. SCOVEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.FREDERICK G. SCOVEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-4-607 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis paper has chiefly a threefold purpose: to report chronologically on the incidence of kala azar in China, to present an up-to-date summary of what has been done in China to determine how this disease is spread, and to offer a study of some of the cases seen by us by presenting tables and observations dealing with symptoms, physical signs, laboratory data and responses to therapy.HISTORYThere are no records or descriptions of a clinical syndrome resembling kala azar in old Chinese literature, as is the case with malaria.†It is therefore impossible to determine how long the disease...Bibliography1. COLTMAN S: Chinan Dispensary Reports, 1887-88 (not obtainable). Google Scholar2. 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