A Study on Morbidity Management among Lymphatic Filariasis Patients in Udupi district, Karnataka, India

Kataraki Basavaraj,1a Shetty K Bharatesh,2b Dhar Murali,3c Kamath Ramachandra,4a Malamardi Sowmya5a 1Current Affiliation: Regional Coordinator – Karnataka, DNRT, National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. aAffiliation where the work was primarily carried out: Dept. of Public Health, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India. 2Current Affiliation: Additional Project Director, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bengaluru, India. bAffiliation where the work was primarily carried out: Lecturer, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India. 3Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Population Policies & Programmes, International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400088, India cAffiliation where the work was primarily carried out: Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India. 4Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India. aAffiliation where the work was primarily carried out: Head of Dept, Dept. of Public Health, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India. 5Current Affiliation: Senior Project Consultant, Ernst & Young, Gurgaon, India. aAffiliation where the work was primarily carried out: Dept. of Public Health, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India. 1Current Affiliation: Regional Coordinator – Karnataka, DNRT, National AIDS Control Organisation,