At this time, they also uncovered many of the vectors behind many other of the diseases that were overwhelming these areas accidentally. These new scientific ideas of vectors and complex life cycles were emerging much faster than the scientific community as a whole could understand and accept them. Desowitz then goes into the frustration the people were dealing with Kala azar. The first problem was how the disease even migrated or spread over continents and eventually to the Indian continent. The health officials were unfamiliar with this disease, often mistaking it with malaria. With no vaccine and no idea of any control mechanisms, it took many infected patients and a few years for them to determine that it was infact Kala azar and not malaria. Ending the first section of the book, Desowitz tells us that Leishmania donovani, the vector for the Kala azar disease, could have possibly killed of the dinosaurs. Studies have shown that Leishmania donovani, carried by the sand fly, dates back to historical flies. If a dinosaur was to be bitten by a sand fly carrying the parasite Leishmania donovani, they could have possibly died from Kala azar
At this time, they also uncovered many of the vectors behind many other of the diseases that were overwhelming these areas accidentally. These new scientific ideas of vectors and complex life cycles were emerging much faster than the scientific community as a whole could understand and accept them. Desowitz then goes into the frustration the people were dealing with Kala azar. The first problem was how the disease even migrated or spread over continents and eventually to the Indian continent. The health officials were unfamiliar with this disease, often mistaking it with malaria. With no vaccine and no idea of any control mechanisms, it took many infected patients and a few years for them to determine that it was infact Kala azar and not malaria. Ending the first section of the book, Desowitz tells us that Leishmania donovani, the vector for the Kala azar disease, could have possibly killed of the dinosaurs. Studies have shown that Leishmania donovani, carried by the sand fly, dates back to historical flies. If a dinosaur was to be bitten by a sand fly carrying the parasite Leishmania donovani, they could have possibly died from Kala azar