Title |
Modelling environmental factors correlated with podoconiosis: a geospatial study of non-filarial elephantiasis
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Published in |
International Journal of Health Geographics, June 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1476-072x-13-24 |
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Authors |
Yordanos B Molla, Nicola A Wardrop, Jennifer S Le Blond, Peter Baxter, Melanie J Newport, Peter M Atkinson, Gail Davey |
Abstract |
The precise trigger of podoconiosis [box drawings light horizontal] endemic non-filarial elephantiasis of the lower legs [box drawings light horizontal] is unknown. Epidemiological and ecological studies have linked the disease with barefoot exposure to red clay soils of volcanic origin. Histopathology investigations have demonstrated silicon, aluminium, magnesium and iron in the lower limb lymph node macrophages of both patients and non-patients living barefoot on these clays. We studied the spatial variation (variations across an area) in podoconiosis prevalence and the associated environmental factors with the goal of better understanding the pathogenesis of podoconiosis. |
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