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The incidence of kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) in the Maltese Islands is reviewed over 25 years (1948–1971). Features of the illness such as the almost exclusive occurrence in early childhood and the changes in plasma immunoglobulin patterns are discussed in relation to the known mechanisms of humoral and cellular immunity.
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A. Busuttil (1974) studied this question.
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