Kala-azar: what it is, symptoms, transmission and treatment
Kala-azar is a disease caused by protozoa Leishmania chagasi e Leishmania donovani and it happens when a small insect of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis, popularly known as straw mosquito or birigui, infected by one of the protozoa, bites the person and releases this parasite into the bloodstream, resulting in illness. The symptoms of this disease, […]
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