A house-to-house morbidity census was conducted to assess the burden and severity of lymphedema in a population of 1,298,576 persons living in the LF-endemic district of Khurda in Odisha State, India. The burden of lymphedema in Khurda is widespread geographically, and 1.3% (17,036) of the total population report lymphedema. 51.3% of the patients reporting lymphedema were female, mean age 49.4 years (1–99).
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/evaluating-burden-lymphedema-due-lymphatic-filariasis-2005-khurda-district-odisha
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004917
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/victoria-walsh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kristen-little
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ryan-wiegand-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-neglected-tropical-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/filariasis
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/khordha
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-borne-diseases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
