If a recently proposed combination of three particular drugs is used, the devastating elephantiasis disease can be prevented or treated rapidly using fewer rounds of drugs, a new research has found. Lymphatic filariasis -- commonly known as elephantiasis -- is a neglected tropical disease, which causes serious damage to the lymphatic system. A large proportion of the billion people living with the threat of transmission of this disabling parasitic disease is in India, Indonesia and Myanmar where the triple drug combination could be used, the researchers said.
First author of the study mentioned that the results showed this regimen could potentially overcome important issues plagued by elimination campaigns, by making elimination as a public health problem achievable in a few years. Lymphatic filariasis is caused by parasitic worms, and is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. Many…
