The wider societal benefits of surgical interventions for lymphatic filariasis morbidity management and disability prevention

Sarah Martindale; John Chiphwanya; Dorothy Emmie Matipula; Paul Ndhlovu; Hannah Betts; Louise A Kelly-Hope

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009701

The wider societal benefits of surgical interventions for lymphatic filariasis morbidity management and disability prevention

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Sep 16;15(9):e0009701. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009701. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Sarah Martindale¹, John Chiphwanya², Dorothy Emmie Matipula², Paul Ndhlovu², Hannah Betts¹, Louise A Kelly-Hope¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
² Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Caregivers / psychology
Disabled Persons / psychology*
Elephantiasis, Filarial / epidemiology
Elephantiasis, Filarial / psychology*
Elephantiasis, Filarial / surgery*
Female
Humans
Male
Morbidity
Public Health
Quality of Life

Grants and funding

This research was funded by grant support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to the Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The funder had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.