New treatment could fast-track elephantiasis elimination
Lymphatic filariasis is caused by parasitic worms, and is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.
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W bancrofti is a mosquito borne parasitic worm. Worldwide, it causes 90 per cent of lymphatic filariasis cases, a disease commonly known as elephantiasis, which is a neglected tropical disease as defined by the World Health Organisation.
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