JOS, NIGERIA — The tropical disease known as lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, affects 120 million people worldwide. The devastating parasitic illness causes lymphedema, in which legs, arms and ...

Growing up in Tahiti, Anna-Bella Failloux saw first-hand the threat posed by mosquitoes: Nearly one-third of adults on the picturesque island once had swollen limbs from elephantiasis caused by their ...

Growing up in Tahiti, Anna-Bella Failloux saw firsthand the threat posed by mosquitoes: Nearly a third of adults on the ...

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 ...

Haiti has finally carried out a nationwide campaign to get rid of the parasitic worms that cause elephantiasis. Haiti has waged other campaigns against the condition, characterized by severe ...

The parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti, is found in many areas in Africa where HIV infection rates are high. Paris, France: People infected with a common parasitic worm may be twice as likely to acquire ...

New model of therapy for elephantiasis using three drugs developed. A combination of the three drug therapy treats the disease rapidly and WHO hopes to eliminate lymphatic elephantiasis by 2020. The ...

An estimated 120 million people worldwide are infected with lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic, mosquito-borne disease that can cause major swelling and deformity of the legs, a condition known 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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An apparent surge in elephantiasis cases in Uganda in 2015 was caused ...

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 ...

Elephantiasis is caused by infection with the filarial worm, which is transmitted to humans by the mosquito and lives in the human lymphatic system. The disease is typically characterized by the ...