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 ...

When a mosquito bites a person who has lymphatic filariasis, microscopic worms circulating in the person's blood enter and infect the mosquito. When the infected mosquito bites another person ...

The grant, spearheaded by Nils Pilotte, a doctoral student and research associate in the lab of Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences, will support detection of parasites that cause ...

Reiterating its commitment to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has launched the Annual Nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination across 13 states through a video ...

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 ...

William Campbell, Satoshi Omura, and Youyou Tu have made significant contributions to treatments for river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria; today (October 5) these three scientists were ...