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Burden of Podoconiosis in Poor Rural Communities in Gulliso woreda, West Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Podoconiosis is an environmental lymphoedema affecting people living and working barefoot on irritant red clay soil. Podoconiosis is relatively well described in southern Ethiopia, but remains neglected in other parts of the Ethiopian highlands. This study aimed to assess the burden of p...

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Autores principales: Alemu, Getahun, Tekola Ayele, Fasil, Daniel, Takele, Ahrens, Christel, Davey, Gail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21666795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001184