Evaluating the Burden of Lymphedema Due to Lymphatic Filariasis in 2005 in Khurda District, Odisha State, India

Over 1.1 billion people worldwide are at risk for lymphatic filariasis (LF), and the global burden of LF-associated lymphedema is estimated at 16 million affected people, yet country-specific estimates are poor. A house-to-house morbidity census was conducted to assess the burden and severity of lym...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016-08, Vol.10 (8), p.e0004917-e0004917
Hauptverfasser:	Walsh, Victoria, Little, Kristen, Wiegand, Ryan, Rout, Jonathan, Fox, LeAnne M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Care and treatment Census Censuses Child Child, Preschool Chronic illnesses Complications and side effects Cost of Illness Disease control Disease prevention Elephantiasis, Filarial - complications Elephantiasis, Filarial - epidemiology Elephantiasis, Filarial - parasitology Female Filariasis Funding Health services Humans India - epidemiology Infant Infections Lymphangitis - epidemiology Lymphedema Lymphedema - epidemiology Lymphedema - etiology Lymphedema - parasitology Male Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Morbidity Patients People and Places Prevalence Public health Regression Analysis Research and Analysis Methods Risk factors Tropical diseases Vector-borne diseases Young Adult
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