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Short description

Filarial worms are nematodes, which are and can cause disease in humans.

Synonyms

Filariae

Detailed description

Filarial worms are transmitted by mosquitoes from one person to another. Besides, important steps in their life cycle take place in the mosquito. In humans, they cause so-called filariasis, which mainly affects the lymphatic vessels.

Jan 2025

Cell Rep

Litomosoides sigmodontis microfilariae-induced eosinophil ETosis is dependent on the canonical inflammasome pathway

Autoren

Ehrens A et al.

The picture shows the legs of several people who are visibly affected by severe swelling. At the top left, there is a stylised sun symbol, next to which is the text ‘World NTD Day’. The picture is a reference to World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025 on 30 January

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 1.5 billion people are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and a further two billion are threatened by these diseases. If left

Banner der WHO zur World AMR Awareness Week 2024

World AMR Awareness Week 2024, 18-24 November – Educate. Advocate. Act now.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent challenges facing global health and development. Described as a “creeping pandemic” by the G7 forum of leading economic nations, AMR occurs

Mar 2024

PLoS Pathog

Repeated sensitization of mice with microfilariae of Litomosoides sigmodontis induces pulmonary eosinophilia in an IL-33-dependent manner

Autoren

Lenz B et al.

Apr 2024

Front Trop Dis

Comparative development of human filariae Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus and Mansonella perstans in immunocompromised mouse strains

Autoren

Chunda VC et al.

Prof. Dr Marc Huebner and Prof. Dr Achim Hoerauf

Award for drug research on river blindness and elephantiasis

DZIF professors Marc Hübner and Achim Hörauf are part of the international team that has now been awarded the Horizon Prize 2024 by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Prof Achim Hoerauf in his laboratory at the University Hospital Bonn

New antibiotic against river blindness and lymphatic filariasis pathogens

A team led by Prof Achim Hoerauf in the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is further developing the antibiotic corallopyronin A as a treatment for the neglected tropical diseases river

30 January—World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

The World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on 30 January under the motto UNITE.ACT.ELIMINATE draws attention to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and the suffering they cause. More than one billion

30 January – World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

More than one billion people worldwide are at risk of illness, disfigurement, disability, and even death from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Especially in the poorest regions of the world where

Jul 2022

Am J Trop Med Hyg

Performance of Field's Stain Compared with Conventional Giemsa Stain for the Rapid Detection of Blood Microfilariae in Gabon

Autoren

Mbassi FE et al.