As the name "elephantiasis" implies, the condition causes a person's limb to resemble that of an elephant. Elephantiasis is actually a complication of a parasitic infection called lymphatic filariasis ...

More than 150 million people worldwide are infected with filarial parasites -- long, thread-like worms that can live for years inside the human body and cause severe, debilitating diseases such as ...

A rare condition called elephantiasis, which tends to strike people in tropical parts of the world, was long thought to occur due to a parasitic infection. But a new study shows that the condition can ...

One infection known as dracunculiasis can cause people to suffer a burning blister that bursts as a parasite called the Guinea worm breaks through the skin. Another one, elephantiasis, causes ...

Haiti has finally carried out a nationwide campaign to get rid of the parasitic worms that cause elephantiasis. Haiti has waged other campaigns against the condition, characterized by severe ...

Of all the exotic diseases that afflict people, elephantiasis ranks among the most dreaded. The threadlike, parasitic worm that causes this lethal disease makes nests in a person’s lymph system. The ...

Nyan htoo has had a rough life. First, the bear was captured, alongside his brother, by poachers in China. A bunch of monks in Myanmar rescued the pair from being sold to the illegal bile industry, ...

Paris, France: People infected with a common parasitic worm may be twice as likely to acquire the HIV virus that causes AIDS, a field study from Tanzania reported Wednesday. The parasite, Wuchereria ...

The elimination of elephantiasis disease lymphatic filariasis is nearing closer, report investigators. About one billion people in 54 countries live with threat of disease, which disables victims. The ...

For years, many scientists and medical professionals likely misunderstood how a commonly prescribed medication for elephantiasis battled the disease, but a new study sets the record straight. The ...

A NEW interest in tropical diseases has been attained in American medicine because of the widespread contact with exotic diseases by troops in the worldwide conflict that terminated on V-J Day. Among ...