Feasibility and effectiveness of basic lymphedema management in Leogane, Haiti, an area endemic for bancroftian filariasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Addiss, David G ^a,b   Louis Charles, Jacky ^c   Roberts, Jacquelin ^a   LeConte, Frederic ^c   Wendt, Joyanna M ^a   Milord, Marie Denise ^c   Lammie, Patrick J ^a   Dreyer, Gerusa ^d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Fetzer Institute Kalamazoo   (United States)

^c Hôpital Ste   (Haïti)

^d Non governmental Organization Amaury Coutinho   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BACTERIAL DERMATOLYMPHANGIOADENITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952389769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000668     Document Type: Article

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