Filarial worms are nematodes, which are parasites 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.
More than 21 million people in Africa are infected with the threadworm Onchocerca volvulus, the pathogen causing river blindness. About one in ten of those affected goes blind. What is needed are active agents that kill the long-lived adult worms. With Corallopyronin A, DZIF scientists have found an ...
In 2009, Prof. Achim Hörauf and his team at the University Hospital Bonn discovered that the natural substance Corallopyronin A is effective against filarial worms. Infections with these worms can
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
