Marriage, Sex, and Hydrocele: An Ethnographic Study on the Effect of Filarial Hydrocele on Conjugal Life and Marriageability from Orissa, India

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a leading cause of permanent and long-term disability, affects 120 million people globally. Hydrocele, one of the chronic manifestations of LF among 27 million people worldwide, causes economic and psychological burdens on patients and their families. The prese...

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Autores principales: Babu, Bontha V., Mishra, Suchismita, Nayak, Abhaya N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19381283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000414

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19381283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000414

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