Zimbabwe has launched a mass drug administration (MDA) campaign to combat lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, ...

One billion people in the tropics and sub-tropics are at risk for lymphatic filariasis, a “Neglected Tropical Disease” (NTD) that causes elephantiasis, disfigurement of the male genitalia and painful ...

The health department has selected 17 districts, including Pune, Satara, Nashik, Sambhajinagar and Ahilyadevinagar, among ...

Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is commonly known as elephantiasis. The people who are suffering from lymphatic filariasis, we often say it’s one of the neglected tropical diseases, it’s actually ...

His legs are also swollen from elephantiasis, scientifically known as lymphatic filariasis. In Bofa, we meet 45-year-old Changawa Bulushi who works as a security guard at a nearby primary school.

Lymphatic filariasis is an endemic parasitic disease ... either by hydrocele or elephantiasis. Around 45 have received surgery. But again, apart from mass drug administration, we have the ...

The treatment strategy of lymphatic filariasis now consists of an annual, single-dose, two-drug regimen of ivermectin+albendazole in countries that are coendemic for onchocerciasis, and of ...

These data indicate that nematode factors are in part responsible for inducing the changes that are seen in the lymphatic system during filariasis. Uncovering the identity of these factors may ...

Vaccines Work Tinotenda*’s childhood in Shamva, a mining town in north-eastern Zimbabwe, was normal – that is, full of ...

India bears the world’s highest burden of LF, accounting for nearly 40% of global cases. But inadequate control measures and ...