Lymphoedema and its management in cases of lymphatic filariasis: The current situation in three suburbs of Matara, Sri Lanka, before the introduction of a morbidity-control programme

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 501-510

  Yahathugoda, T C ^a   Wickramasinghe, D ^a   Weerasooriya, M V ^a   Samarawickrema, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIMB PAIN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FILARICIDES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 22244460200     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X46450     Document Type: Article

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