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Current status of chronic filariasis in Huai'an City
Ist Teil von
Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi, 2019-11, Vol.31 (6), p.673
Ort / Verlag
China
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
To understand the current status of chronic filariasis patients in Huai'an City, so as to provide insights into the future care of chronic filariasis patients.
According to the data pertaining to the historically registered chronic filariasis patients in Huai 'an City, each case was followed up and the baseline data of chronic filariasis patients were captured using questionnaire survey. The demographic and clinical features of the patients, and the distribution and coverage of the care sites were analyzed.
There were still 616 chronic filariasis patients in Huai'an City, including 229 men (37.2%) and 387 women (62.8%), and 93.2% were aged 60 years and older. The chronic filariasis patients were found across the 8 counties (districts) across the city, and the cases were predominantly detected in Lianshui (40.3%), Huaiyin (30.8%) and Yuyi (8.0%). There were 49.0% of the patients with lymphedema or elephantiasis alone, 10.2% with chyluria alone, 1.0% with hydrocele of tunica vaginalis alone, 2.4% with lymphatic