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Recently, two syndromes of acute filarial attacks in the extremities are described, and they include acute filarial lymphangitis (AFL) and acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) (Dreyer et al. 1999). The details of these two syndromes are given in this chapter.
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Goel, T.C., Goel, A. (2016). Acute Filarial Lymphangitis (AFL). In: Lymphatic Filariasis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2257-9_13
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