JOS, NIGERIA — The tropical disease known as lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, affects 120 million people worldwide. The devastating parasitic illness causes lymphedema, in which legs, arms and ...

As the name "elephantiasis" implies, the condition causes a person's limb to resemble that of an elephant. Elephantiasis is actually a complication of a parasitic infection called lymphatic filariasis ...

Since 2015, health officials in Uganda have received reports of increasing numbers of people suffering from elephantiasis, a debilitating disease characterized by severe swelling in the limbs.

Haiti has finally carried out a nationwide campaign to get rid of the parasitic worms that cause elephantiasis. Haiti has waged other campaigns against the condition, characterized by severe ...

An apparent surge in elephantiasis cases in Uganda in 2015 was caused by people walking on volcanic soil barefoot, new research suggests. Over decades, tiny crystals in the soil had penetrated the ...

The parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti, is found in many areas in Africa where HIV infection rates are high. Paris, France: People infected with a common parasitic worm may be twice as likely to acquire ...

Elephantiasis is caused by infection with the filarial worm, which is transmitted to humans by the mosquito and lives in the human lymphatic system. The disease is typically characterized by the ...

New model of therapy for elephantiasis using three drugs developed. A combination of the three drug therapy treats the disease rapidly and WHO hopes to eliminate lymphatic elephantiasis by 2020. The ...

A rare condition called elephantiasis, which tends to strike people in tropical parts of the world, was long thought to occur due to a parasitic infection. But a new study shows that the condition can ...

It takes eight to 10 years to take hold and once symptoms emerge, it can leave people permanently disabled and disfigured in its wake. With a signature symptom of legs and feet swollen to enormous ...

A 53-year-old man in India developed elephantiasis in his leg after contracting a parasite via a mosquito bite four years ago. Now the man has lost significant mobility, had to give up work, and may ...

Haiti has finally carried out a nationwide campaign to get rid of the parasitic worms that cause elephantiasis. Haiti has waged other campaigns against the condition, characterized by severe ...