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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2017

Lymphatic Filariasis Increases Tissue Compressibility and Extracellular Fluid in Lower Limbs of Asymptomatic Young People in Central Myanmar.

Janet Douglass, Patricia Graves, Daniel Lindsay, Luke Becker, Maureen Roineau, Jesse Masson, Ni Ni Aye, San San Win, Tint Wai, Yi Yi Win and 1 more

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Janet DouglassDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia. jan.douglass@my.jcu.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-3097-3132
Patricia GravesDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, Australia. patricia.graves@jcu.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-5215-3901
Daniel LindsayDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia. daniel.lindsay1@jcu.edu.au.
Luke BeckerDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, Australia. luke.becker@jcu.edu.au.
Maureen RoineauDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, Australia. maureenroineau@wanadoo.fr.
Jesse MassonDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, Australia. jesse.masson@my.jcu.edu.au.
Ni Ni AyeDepartment of Health, Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw 15011, Myanmar. shwewaethu@gmail.com.
San San WinWorld Health Organization, Country Office, Yangon 11201, Myanmar. wins@who.int.
Tint WaiDepartment of Health, Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw 15011, Myanmar. mr.tintwaitun2013@gmail.com.
Yi Yi WinDepartment of Health, Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports, Nay Pyi Taw 15011, Myanmar. yywin2008@gmail.com.
Susan GordonDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia. sue.gordon@flinders.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-4760-1212
Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine · AUMinistry of Health and Sports · MMFlinders University · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When normal lymphatic function is hampered, imperceptible subcutaneous edema can develop and progress to overt lymphedema. Low-cost reliable devices for objective assessment of lymphedema are well accepted in clinical practice and research on breast-cancer related lymphedema but are untested in populations with lymphatic filariasis (LF). This is a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a longitudinal study on asymptomatic, LF antigen-positive and -negative young people in Myanmar. Rapid field screening was used to identify antigen-positive cases and a group of antigen-negative controls of similar age and gender were invited to continue in the study. Tissue compressibility was assessed with three tissue tonometers, and free fluids were assessed using bio-impedance spectroscopy (BIS). Infection status was confirmed by Og4C3 antigen assay. At baseline (

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bio-impedance spectroscopylower extremitylymphatic filariasislymphedemaneglected tropical diseasetissue tonometry

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PMID30270907
PMCPMC6082065
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