title: Kala-azar in Afghanistan.
abstract: The first three cases of kala-azar from Afghanistan are reported. Two girls (aged 4 and 5 years) and a 5-year-old boy reported from Kabul and Badghis Province with classical features of visceral leishmaniasis. The diagnosis was based on the demonstration of amastigotes in the bone marrow.
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan; D000965:Antimony / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D000965:Antimony