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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lymphatic filariasis is a disease spread by mosquitoes infected with one of three filarial nematodes. In an effort to better understand the transcriptomic interplay of organisms associated with ...

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, ...

"Mass Drug Treatment For Elephantiasis Is Affordable Compared With Other Public Health Programs." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 10 / 071030220109.htm (accessed November 22, ...

A single course of one antibiotic can successfully treat elephantiasis (filariasis)--a parasitic worm disease that is one of the most common causes of global disability, concludes a study published in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Close to a billion people worldwide remain threatened by lymphatic filariasis, a neglected tropical disease commonly referred to as elephantiasis. This parasitic infection, which is caused by a ...

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 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 ...