Globally, there are 120 million people affected by LF disease, it includes symptomatic microfilaria patients with lymphedema and hydrocele. And 40% of global burden of 120 million people is in India.

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 ...

Lymphatic Filariasis is a neglected tropical disease and before the elimination started, we used to say that the most neglected part of the Lymphatic Filariasis is the patients. Normally, Lymphatic ...

A paper published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine presents the results from a study which examined the use of an infrared thermal imaging camera as a novel non-invasive point-of-care tool for ...

The kit, developed by Prof P Kaliraj's team of Anna University, is a first such method and can be used to test blood samples anytime of the day. Midnight blood tests for filaria diagnosis could soon ...

For those who don’t know, Filaria or Lymphatic Filariasis or Elephantiasis is a tropical disease that isn’t known to many. This disease causes lymphatic system impairment which leads to abnormal ...

WHO Eritrea has provided a training to over 35 health workers as part of strengthening their capacities in the control and elimination of the disease lymphatic filariasis at the conference hall of the ...

If mosquitoes are breeding out of control, then filariasis cannot be far behind.In 2012, Kochi corporation area reported about 1,300 cases and the district over 1,800 cases of filariasis. KOCHI: If ...