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News items on 'Lymphatic Filariasis'
'Barcode' shows mosquito threats
(BBC 29/04/2009)
DNA "barcodes" could help prevent the spread of a disfiguring disease that affects about one billion people around the world, say scientists. Only certain mosquitoes spread lymphatic filariasis, otherwise known as elephantiasis, which affects people in more than 80 nations. The barcodes are short DNA snippets that will act to "fingerprint" the species that spreads the disease.
'End in sight' for elephantiasis
(BBC 08/10/2008)
A painful and disfiguring disease affecting more than 100 million people worldwide could be wiped out by 2020, say experts. Lymphatic filariasis (LF), often called elephantiasis, is caused by parasitic worms and causes grotesque swelling of the limbs, breasts and genitals. A World Health Organisation-sponsored drive has delivered 1.9 billion doses of a simple cure since 2000.
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