Filarial worms | German Center for Infection Research

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.

Dec 2019

Data Brief

Dataset on in vitro maintenance of Mansonella perstans microfilariae and drug testing

Autoren

Njouendou AJ et al.

Sep 2019

Exp Parasitol

In vitro maintenance of Mansonella perstans microfilariae and its relevance for drug screening

Autoren

Njouendou AJ et al.

Aug 2019

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

In vivo kinetics of Wolbachia depletion by ABBV-4083 in L. sigmodontis adult worms and microfilariae

Autoren

Hübner MP et al.

A young woman from the study region in Tanzania, suffering from lymphedema of the left leg - a typical consequence of filarial infection.

HIV/AIDS: Filarial worm infections double the risk of infection

Since the start of the HIV epidemic, there have been speculations as to why HIV and the immunodeficiency syndrome it causes have spread so much more in Africa than in other countries around the world