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Lymphatic Filariasis 
Rarely life-threatening, lymphatic filariasis causes widespread and chronic suffering, disability, and social stigma. It can lead to grotesquely swollen limbs - a condition known as elephantiasis.
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21 Jan 2008
Diagnostic Tools For Filariasis Elimination Programmes
In the not so distant past, diagnostic tools for filariasis were limited to clinical diagnosis (insensitive for active infections, low specificity), detection of microfilariae (mf) (insensitive for infection, impractical in many areas), and detection of antibodies to crude native antigen preparations (poor specificity).
Source: WHO/TDR
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21 Jan 2008
Advances And Challenges In Predicting The Impact Of Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programmes
Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease and an important cause of chronic morbidity in tropical countries.
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News
9 Nov 2007
West should eradicate slave trade disease legacy
Because the transatlantic slave trade was probably responsible for the introduction of lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis to the New World, the West should commit to the eradication of the three diseases, say Patrick J. Lammie, John F. Lindo, W. Evan Secor, Javier Vasquez, Steven K. Ault and Mark L. Eberhard in this PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases article.
Source: scidev.net
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