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Histopathologic Improvement with Lymphedema Management, Léogâne, Haiti

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
In countries where bancroftian filariasis is endemic, lymphedema of the leg is a public health problem, particularly for women, who are disproportionately affected.
Susan F. Wilson, Jeannette Guarner, Alix L. Valme, Jacky Louis-Charles, Tara L. Jones, David G. Addiss   +5 more
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Evaluating Molecular Xenomonitoring as a Tool for Lymphatic Filariasis Surveillance in Samoa, 2018–2019

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Molecular xenomonitoring (MX), the detection of filarial DNA in mosquitoes using molecular methods (PCR), is a potentially useful surveillance strategy for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programs.
Brady McPherson, Helen J. Mayfield, Angus McLure, Katherine Gass, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Steven A. Williams, Nils Pilotte, Therese Kearns, Patricia M. Graves, Colleen L. Lau   +10 more
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Epidemiology and individual, household and geographical risk factors of podoconiosis in ethiopia: results from the first nationwide mapping [PDF]

, 2014
Although podoconiosis is one of the major causes of tropical lymphoedema and is endemic in Ethiopia its epidemiology and risk factors are poorly understood.
Abeba Gebretsadik, Abraham Aseffa, Alemu, Amha Kebede, Amirossadat, Ashenafi Assefa, Asrat Hailu, Bartholomew, Cohen, Davey, Davey, Davey, Deribe, Deribe, Deribe, Desta, Fikre Enquselassie, Freeman, Gail Davey, Gebrehanna, Geshere Oli, Heven Sime, Hotez, Jenny, Jorge Cano, Kebede Deribe, Lee, Maria P. Rebollo, Mathieu, Melanie J. Newport, Molla, Molla, Molla, Molla, Molyneux, Moses J. Bockarie, Mousley, Onapa, Oomen, Oumer Shafi, Price, Price, Price, Price, Price, Price, Pullan, Rachel L. Pullan, Richard Reithinger, Sikorski, Silvester, Simon J. Brooker, Tekola, Tekola, Tekola Ayele, Tekola Ayele, Tekola-Ayele, Tora, Wanji, Weinert, Yakob   +60 more
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Treatment of elephantiasis with physiological retraction of the skin to clinical standards of normality

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2023
Stage III lymphedema, also known as elephantiasis, is the most advanced stage and involves the occurrence of large deformities. This article reports the case of a 30-year-old woman with bilateral stage III lymphedema who weighed 109 kg.
Jose M. P de Godoy, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy, Henrique J. P de Godoy   +2 more
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Elephantiasis and Directed Occupational Rehabilitation

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, 2019
The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the cure of elephantiasis over a ten-year follow-up period and novel discoveries with directed occupational rehabilitation.
Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Henrique Jose Pereira de Godoy, Ana Carolina Pereira de Godoy, Maria de Fátima Guerreiro Godoy   +3 more
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Treatment of elephantiasis nostras verrucosa with CO2laser

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2019
Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV) is the most severe form of chronic non-filarial lymphedema that leads to disfiguration of body parts. Multiple topical and surgical treatments have been typically used with high relapse rates and local complications.
Adrián De Quintana Sancho, Leandra Reguero Del Cura, Susana Armesto Alonso, Marcos Antonio González López   +3 more
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The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of chronic parasitic diseases and related conditions that are the most common diseases among the 2·7 billion people globally living on less than US$2 per day.
A Alemu, A Aseffa, A Deressa, A Haileamlak, A Yami, Abraham Aseffa, AD Bryceson, Ahmed Ali, AM Dorkenoo, Asrat Hailu, AZ Zein, B Erko, B Erko, B Liese, B Yakob, BA Boatin, C Bogh, C Hanson, C Prasittisuk, C Sikorski, Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia], ICF International, D Fekadu, DG Addiss, DH Molyneux, DH Molyneux, DR ten Eyck, E Litt, E Negera, E Negera, E Ruiz-Tiben, E Yimer, EW Price, F Demissie, F Tekola, FMOH, FMOH, FMoH, G Davey, G Davey, G Davey, G Mengistu, G Tefera, Gail Davey, GS Smith, H Birrie, H Kloos, H Kloos, J Alvar, J Alvar, JH Kolaczinski, JH Kolaczinski, JO Gyapong, K Bogel, KA Grépin, Kadu Meribo, Kebede Deribe, L Erosie, L Jemaneh, M Fekadu, M Fekadu, M Herrero, MA Brady, MC Baker, Ministry of Health, MJ Burton, MJ Taylor, N Kebede, NB Kabatereine, P Steinmann, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PM Emerson, R ter Horst, RL Pullan, RW Ashford, S Bashaye, S Brooker, S Brooker, S Cairncross, S Negash, SG Gundersen, T Wondimagegnehu, Teshome Gebre, The Carter Center, W Shiferaw, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Y Berhane, Z Tadesse, ZA Zein   +103 more
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Physical therapies for reducing and controlling lymphoedema of the limbs. [PDF]

, 2008
Background Lymphoedema is the accumulation of excess fluid in the body caused by obstruction of the lymphatic drainage mechanisms. Management involves decongesting the reduced lymphatic pathways in order to reduce the size of the limb.
Ahmed, Andersen, Badger, Badger, Bergan, Bertelli, Carroll, Didem, Dini, Erickson, Foldi, Harris, Hornsby, Irdesel, Johansson, Johansson, Kligman, Levick, McKenzie, McNeely, Moffatt, Mortimer, Moseley, Petrek, Sitzia, Sitzia, Szuba, Szuba, Tobin, Wilburn, Williams   +30 more
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Therapeutic Efficacy of Complex Decongestive Therapy in the Treatment of Elephantiasis of the Lower Extremities

Chinese Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2020
: Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of complex decongestive therapy in the treatment of elephantiasis of the lower extremities. Methods: Seventeen patients with unilateral lower limb elephantiasis were included in the study (5 with primary
Jiajia CHEN, Li WANG, Linghua HAN, Ningfei LIU, Ziyou YU   +4 more
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Lymphatic Filariasis in Southwestern Nigerian Rural Communities: A Cross-sectional Survey of the Knowledge, Awareness, and Predisposing Factors

Annals of Global Health, 2017
BackgroundNigeria is the second most endemic country in the world for lymphatic filariasis, with control efforts often hampered by poor community awareness and involvement in intervention strategies.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the ...
Bolatito Oluwabiyi, Oyetunde T. Oyeyemi, Adetayo Olorunlana, Nofisat Omiyeniyi, Ayomide Koleosho   +4 more
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