A NEW interest in tropical diseases has been attained in American medicine because of the widespread contact with exotic diseases by troops in the worldwide conflict that terminated on V-J Day. Among ...

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What you need to know: Elephantiasis remains a health concern, with two main types: a widespread parasitic form called lymphatic filariasis (LF) and a localised form of non-filarial elephantiasis ...

A non-governmental organisation, under the auspices of Mission to Save The Helpless, said it had executed over 1,400 mass hydrocelectomy for hydrocele cases arising from lymphatic filariasis, also ...

Chai Kivatsi a father of six from Mbaoni Village, suffering from Lymphatic Filariasis. His legs and hands are swollen. [Beldeen Waliaula, Standard] Katana Chengo, a resident of Mbaoni village, ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A 35-year-old woman from Jhabua, who had been suffering from lymphedema for nearly two years, has finally found relief after undergoing a rare surgical procedure at the Super ...

More than 150 million people worldwide are infected with filarial parasites -- long, thread-like worms that can live for years inside the human body and cause severe, debilitating diseases such as ...

It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kamwenge District. Surrounded by ...