Worms don't just invade the gut or lungs. Some of them work their way into other regions of the body. Take lymphatic filariasis, a condition that arises when certain worms of the Filariidae order, ...

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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, ...

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 ...

One billion people in the tropics and sub-tropics are at risk for lymphatic filariasis, a “Neglected Tropical Disease ... must occur late at night – the only time when the worms can be found in human ...

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 ...