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Kala-Azar

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Kala-azar is also known as visceral leishmaniasis, which is a chronic endemic infectious disease caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by sandfly. Clinically, it is characterized by persistent irregular fever, progressive hepatosplenomegaly, emaciation, anemia, pancytopenia, and increased plasma globulin. In the advanced stage of the disease, edema, jaundice, abdominal wall varicosis, and ascites may occur.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Sixth People’s Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

    Yuxin Yang

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  1. Diagnostic Radiology Department, Beijing You An Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Yang, Y. (2015). Kala-Azar. In: Li, H. (eds) Radiology of Infectious Diseases: Volume 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9876-1_27

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