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Preventing and Treating Filarial Disease - (HJF 470-17)
Filarial worms are thread-like parasites that cause severe damage to the lymphatic system as manifested by painful and abnormal swelling of body parts. Current strategies to stop infection includes annual Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to the entire at-risk population (human and animal) for 6-10 years. However, the drugs used currently have limited...
Published: 5/29/2025   |   Inventor(s): Edward Mitre, Alexander Flynn, Christopher Morris, Thomas Nutman, Sasisekhar Bennuru
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Category(s): Therapeutic