Tropical Lymphedemas — Control and Prevention — NEJM

Tropical Lymphedemas — Control and Prevention — NEJM
There are two principal causes of elephantiasis, or lymphedema, in the tropics. The most common cause and a significant public health problem is lymphatic filariasis due to the parasitic nematodeWuchereria bancrofti (and, in Asia, Brugia malayi and B. timori), which is transmitted by mosquitoes. The second principal cause is podoconiosis.