Multiple choice

Which among the following diseases is also known as Kala-azar or Assam fever?

  1. Amoebic meningoencephalitis

  2. Amoebic dysentery

  3. Giardiasis

  4. Leishmaniasis
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Explanation

Leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani and is transmitted by sand flies. Leishmaniasis has a wide distribution that extends from the Mediterranean to Middle Asia, to southern Russia and China. It is also known as Kala-azar (black fever) or Assam fever.

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