‘I could feel the worms’: Neglected victims of Loiasis find hope in a remote research station
Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...
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Filarial factors promote lymphatic growth
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 ...
Royal Society of Chemistry7mon
A∙WOL antifilarial drug discovery team
These two neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are caused by long-lived (10–14 years) parasitic nematodes (roundworms). The filarial worms rely on a special type of bacteria, Wolbachia. The Liverpool ...