Rescue in Sudan.

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  • Author(s): Dowell, William
  • Source:
    TIME Magazine. Fall1997 Special Issue, Vol. 150 Issue 19, p78. 5p. 7 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SEAMAN, Jill; EPIDEMICS; VISCERAL leishmaniasis
    • Subject Terms:
      SUDANReport Available; DAUER (Sudan)
    • Abstract:
      Looks at how Dr. Jill Seaman developed a wealth of clinical expertise in treating the epidemic of kala-azar, scientifically known as visceral leishmaniasis, in Duar, Sudan. How the epidemic in Sudan was further complicated; Discovery that a female sand fly was the carrier of the disease; Civil war in the region; The use of injections of Pentostam in treating the disease. INSET: The sand-fly saga..