Tens of millions of people in Africa are infected by parasitic worms that cause lymphatic filariasis (also called elephantiasis), a disease that leads to severe swelling and deformities of the limbs ...

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What you need to know: Elephantiasis remains a health concern, with two main types: a widespread parasitic form called lymphatic filariasis (LF) and a localised form of non-filarial elephantiasis ...

LONDON (Reuters) - An international effort to eliminate elephantiasis is on track and has protected millions of children against the disfiguring disease, proving to be one of the "best buys" in public ...

Chai Kivatsi a father of six from Mbaoni Village, suffering from Lymphatic Filariasis. His legs and hands are swollen. [Beldeen Waliaula, Standard] Katana Chengo, a resident of Mbaoni village, ...

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV) is a rare, disfiguring sequelae of secondary chronic lymphedema, predisposing the patient to recurrent skin infections and resulting in cobblestone-like, ...

Once-yearly administration of two anti-parasitic drugs to control lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) costs just $0.06 to $2.23 per person treated, making it comparatively inexpensive, according to a ...

Ahmedabad: Four talukas in three districts of Gujarat have been affected by filaria, the parasitic worms causing lymphatic ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new genomic-based approach that could aid global efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic roundworm ...