lymphatic filariasis
elephantiasis

Lymphatic filariasis is thought to have affected humans since about 4000 years ago.

Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: do we have the drugs to complete the job?

Lymphatic filariasis mainly affects the poor, who live in areas without such resources.

With tools currently available, lymphatic filariasis, in principle, could be eliminated.

These results will have important implications for the length of lymphatic filariasis elimination programs.

Around 120 million people globally are believed to be infected with lymphatic filariasis.

There is currently no licensed vaccine to prevent lymphatic filariasis.

It is suggested that 11-12 years of effective vector control may eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

And malaria, like lymphatic filariasis, is spread by mosquitoes.

It is the vector of both the dengue virus and lymphatic filariasis.

According to medical experts the worldwide efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis is on track to potentially be successful by 2020.

W. bancrofti is responsible for 90% of lymphatic filariasis.

Secondary bacterial infection is often observed with lymphatic filariasis.

Geo-targeting treatments is part of a larger strategy to eventually eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2020.

Several studies have shown that these daily cleaning routines can be an effective way to limit the symptoms of lymphatic filariasis.

Lymphatic filariasis is caused by a tiny, parasitic worm that spreads through bites.

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a condition characterized by swelling of the lower limbs.

In India and China, diethylcarbamazine has been added to salt to combat lymphatic filariasis.

Elephantiasis caused by lymphatic filariasis is one of the most common causes of disability in the world.

Elephantiasis due to lymphatic filariasis may also be referred to as "true" elephantiasis.

In Africa, albendazole is being used to treat lymphatic filariasis as part of efforts to stop transmission of the disease.

In 2003 it was suggested that the common antibiotic doxycycline might be effective in treating lymphatic filariasis.

DEC continues to be the mainstay for treatment of patients with lymphatic filariasis and loiasis.

M. perstans often occurs with other filarial infections, such as onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.

Lymphatic filariasis.

My legs begin to blow up, as if I have elephantiasis.

Since then, this condition has been commonly known as elephantiasis.

Sad to see was the elephantiasis that afflicted some of them.

No one seems really to know the cause of the South Sea elephantiasis.

For people with elephantiasis, big pants will not hide their affliction.

Sally herself is not in, but her mother, who has elephantiasis, is.

There's a disease - elephantiasis - that causes something that looks similar.

Some kind of elephantiasis seemed to have attacked his hands and feet, swelling them to enormous proportions.

The man who warned us was afflicted horribly with elephantiasis.

Also, remember that diseases such as elephantiasis and leprosy do not seem to be caught by contact.

I've often wondered what elephantiasis looked like,' said Dc Board.

If the infection is left untreated, it can develop into a chronic disease called elephantiasis.

However, surgery is generally ineffective at correcting elephantiasis of the limbs.

Leprosy, however, was still a problem only 20 years ago and elephantiasis is only now almost gone.

Elephantiasis results when the parasites lodge in the lymphatic system.

In 2003, the common antibiotic doxycycline was suggested for treating elephantiasis.

Lourdes said he was her husband, he suffered from the disease elephantiasis.

It was then that he saw the elephantiasis, the hideous lymphatic obstruction.

"Something like elephantiasis, only worse, affecting both arms and both legs.

Traces of elephantiasis have been discovered among his ascendants.

Both had swollen to a degree that suggested an advanced case of highly localized elephantiasis.

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Alternatively, elephantiasis may occur in the absence of parasitic infection.

"Being a star requires elephantiasis of the ego."

The man resembled, in silhouette, a pineapple with elephantiasis.