Background. Eight- and 6-week courses of doxycycline are superior to standard treatment of bancroftian filariasis. Standard treatment (albendazole plus ivermectin) is associated with adverse reactions ...

People infected with a parasitic worm called Wuchereria bancrofti in areas where HIV is endemic may be more likely to acquire HIV than people who are not infected with the worm, according to a new ...

People infected with a parasitic worm called Wuchereria Bancrofti in areas where HIV is endemic may be more likely to acquire HIV than those not infected with the worm, according to a new study in ...

To ensure elimination of the Wuchereria bancrofti, a parasitic roundworm that causes lymphatic filariasis, public health workers must follow up mass drug administration with careful monitoring for ...

Scientists from the German Center for Infection Research have discovered that an infection with the filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti increases the risk of HIV infection by two to three fold ...

Effective diagnostic tools are necessary to monitor and evaluate interruption of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) transmission. Accurate detection of Wuchereria bancrofti (Wb) microfilaria (mf) is essential ...

Researchers from the Munich Tropical Institute, the Tanzanian NIMR-MMRC, DZIF, together with colleagues from Bonn, have discovered a risk factor for HIV infection that has received little attention to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract To document the occurrence of transplacental transmission of microfilariae and to determine how frequently it occurred, umbilical cord blood ...

Dr. Daniel Tisch is an infectious diseases epidemiologist with 16 years experience studying methods to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. One billion people in the tropics and sub-tropics are at risk for ...