ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017
Risk Factors for Podoconiosis: Kamwenge District, Western Uganda, September 2015.
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- Global epidemiology of podoconiosis: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Pooled it
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- "My feet are no longer swollen": Testing a co-designed podoconiosis protective footwear among rural female farmers in Rwanda.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
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- Prevalence of Malaria Among Individuals Living With Lymphedema in Kamwenge District, Western Uganda.Cureus · 2025Article
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- Determining Etiology of Elephantiasis and Associated Factors in Hawella Tula, Sidama Region, Ethiopia.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2025Article
- Podoconiosis in Uganda: prevalence, geographical distribution and risk factors.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2024Article
- Confirming non-endemicity of podoconiosis in Guatemala and in Idukki District in Kerala (India): a comparison of two approaches potentially suitable for other neglected tropical diseases.BMC global and public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in five districts in Uganda.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Sero-antigen prevalence of lymphatic filariasis and risk factors of podoconiosis in Busiriba sub-county, Kamwenge district, Southwestern Uganda, August-September 2018.BMC research notes · 2024Article
- "We all think boots are meant for men": A community-based participatory assessment of rural women's barriers to preventing podoconiosis in Rwanda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Tropical leg lymphedema caused by podoconiosis is associated with increased colonisation by anaerobic bacteria.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Determinants of Podoconiosis in Bensa District, Sidama Region, Ethiopia: A case control study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Improving the effectiveness of Field Epidemiology Training Programs: characteristics that facilitated effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Health-related quality of life and associated factors among adult podoconiosis patients in Debre Elias district Northwest, Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Podoconiosis in Rwanda: Knowledge, attitudes and practices among health professionals and environmental officers.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
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AbstractPodoconiosis, a noninfectious elephantiasis, is a disabling neglected tropical disease. In August 2015, an elephantiasis case-cluster was reported in Kamwenge District, western Uganda. We investigated to identify the disease's nature and risk factors. We defined a suspected podoconiosis case as onset in a Kamwenge resident of bilateral asymmetrical lower limb swelling lasting ≥ 1 month, plus ≥ 1 of the following associated symptoms: skin itching, burning sensation, plantar edema, lymph ooze, prominent skin markings, rigid toes, or mossy papillomata. A probable case was a suspected case with negative microfilaria antigen immunochromatographic card test (ruling out filarial elephantiasis). We conducted active case-finding. In a case-control investigation, we tested the hypothesis that the disease was caused by prolonged foot skin exposure to irritant soils, using 40 probable case-persons and 80 asymptomatic village control-persons, individually matched by age and sex. We collected soil samples to characterize irritants. We identified 52 suspected (including 40 probable) cases with onset from 1980 to 2015. Prevalence rates increased with age; annual incidence (by reported onset of disease) was stable over time at 2.9/100,000. We found that 93% (37/40) of cases and 68% (54/80) of controls never wore shoes at work (Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio [OR
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