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2397942

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
In a door-to-door survey in Shertallai area of Kerala state in southern India, 7,766 persons were examined for clinical manifestations of filariasis. The prevalence of disease was 9.85 per cent and chronic persistent oedema (grade-II) was the predominant clinical presentation in both sexes. There was no significant difference in the age prevalence of disease between the sexes. Incidence of episodic filarial fever was higher (4.73/1000) compared to other manifestations (2.49/1000) in children aged 5-15 yr and hence this may be an useful indicator of the degree of occurrence of fresh cases of clinical filariasis. Classification of patients with lymphoedema into three grades showed that 1.65 per cent of those examined had developed lymphoedema within 6 months. Persistence of oedema (grade II) for prolonged period (13.64 +/- 1.17 yr) without skin changes indicated that the development of elephantiasis is a slow process. The clinical picture of malayan filariasis is similar to that reported elsewhere in the world except for the rarity of abscess formation is inguinal area.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0971-5916
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
200-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical manifestations in malayan filariasis infection with special reference to lymphoedema grading.
pubmed:affiliation
Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article