This interview explores the development of novel drugs and the importance of collaborative partnerships in tackling these ...

Worms don't just invade the gut or lungs. Some of them work their way into other regions of the body. Take lymphatic ...

Although filariasis can be a serious disease in humans and other species, in New World monkeys the parasites and their hosts seem to have evolved a relatively compatible relationship. Chalifoux 5 ...

Lymphatic filariasis, a devastating parasitic disease transmitted ... There is no rapid cure for the infection, and most of the current treatments do not effectively target adult worms. Furthermore, ...

(Mental Floss)-- When it comes to parasites, it's all about perspective. You may call a lifetime of growing and feeding off another organism lazy, but we call it opportunistic. In fact, these ...

malayi nematodes induced proliferation of LECs. Similarly, serum from patients infected with filarial nematodes could induce proliferation of LECs, suggesting that the filarial antigens or the ...

Lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis, occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. Infection is usually acquired in childhood and causes ...

Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is caused by thread-like worms called filarial parasites. Clinical symptoms, such as swollen legs or hydrocele, may appear six to eight years ...

The goal is to reduce the spread of LF by eliminating the microscopic filarial parasites present in the bloodstream of infected individuals, thus preventing further transmission by mosquitoes. While ...

Targeting a highly repetitive genomic sequence for sensitive and specific molecular detection of the filarial parasite Mansonella perstans from human blood and mosquitoes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Dec ...

The filarial worms rely on a special type of bacteria, Wolbachia. The Liverpool team was the first to show that targeting Wolbachia with the antibiotic doxycycline leads to the permanent sterilisation ...