Burden of hydrocoele assessed from medical and surgical records in a lymphatic filariasis endemic country, Samoa
Abstract Background Samoa is a Pacific Island country that has long been known to have a high burden of lymphatic filariasis. Little has been documented about the burden of disability due to the chronic complications of the disease. We examined the rates of hydrocoele amongst the Samoan male populat...
Main Authors: | Tile A. Ah Leong-Lui, Patricia M. Graves, Take Naseri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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Series: | Tropical Medicine and Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-019-0179-0 |
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