Prevalence and patterns of multiple long-term conditions among lymphatic filariasis patients in Odisha, India: a community-based cross-sectional study
We observed a high prevalence of MLTC among people with lymphatic filariasis. The findings of this study will not only be useful for both resource and planning in India but also in similar LMICs with a high burden of lymphatic filariasis.
Authors
- Barsha Kumari
- Karl Philipp Puchner
- Shubhashisha Mohanty
- Abhinav Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7702-3671)
- Krushna Chandra Sahoo
- Patrick Highton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0410-5788)
- Sanghamitra Pati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7717-5592)
- Akshaya Kumar Prusty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9594-8811)
- Kamlesh K. Khunti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-7099)
- Tapan K. Nayak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8941-8961)
- Prakash Kumar Sahoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3315-4893)
- Sujata Choudhury
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- Government of India (IN)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- Homeopathy Research Institute (GB)
- Regional Medical Research Centre (IN)
- Asian Institute of Public Health (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23525-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre