Lymphatic filariasis among children in Orissa.
We report clinical presentation of all forms of overt and acute forms of lymphatic filariasis among 54 children, who attended filariasis clinic at state headquarters hospital of Orissa, India. Lymphedema was the most common presentation, observed even at a young age of 2 years.
Kerketta
Anna S
AS
Babu
Bontha V
BV
Mohapatra
Surendra S S
SS
Kar
Shantanu K
SK
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors