 | Histopathology Soft tissue--Filariasis Histopathology Soft tissue--Filariasis |
 | Filariasis Treatment Intagreated Treatment for filariasis www.indiandermatology.org |
 | Filariasis Treatment Integrated low cost self help home based care for hitherto neglected Filariasis |
 | Dr. Mwele Malecela, Tanzania Lymphatic Filariasis Dr. Mwele Malecela of the Tanzania Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, a featured speaker at the GHP reception, was optimistic about partnerships with the private sector, though she cautioned that the developed world is most helpful when it tailors its tactics to specific communities. |
 | Filariasis Published by: Dr. Sivansuthan and by medical students of group 4, 26th batch |
 | Lymphatic Filariasis (AKA Elephantitis) Many cases of Lymphatic Filariasis, AKA Elephantitis |
 | And you think you have big balls? Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is best known from dramatic photos of people with grossly enlarged or swollen arms and legs. The disease is caused by parasitic worms, including Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori, all transmitted by mosquitoes. Lymphatic filariasis currently affects 120 million people worldwide, and 40 million of these people have serious disease. |
 | Parasites Loa Loa and filariasis |
 | Parasites Eating Us Alive - part 2 Parasites Eating Us Alive Viruses and Bacteria, super tiny, are NOT technically classified as parasites. Ecto parasites include mites, lice and fleas. Ah nature! Mosquitos are a type of vector for several parasites, most notably Lymphatic Filariasis, (aka Elephantiasis). THREE CATEGORIES OF PARASITES: Single-celled organisms (ex, protozoa) Multi-celled organisms (ex, worms) Ecto parasites (mosquitos, ticks, etc.) |
 | Alleviating Suffering, Ending Shame Not only does lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) produce miserable symptoms, but people with the disease are stigmatized and disabled. http://www.cartercenter.org |
 | Stop LF More than 1 billion people are threatened by the disabling parasitic disease, lymphatic filariasis (LF). LF currently infects over 120 million people worldwide, leaving more than 40 million people incapacitated or disfigured. Join us today and make our vision of a future free of LF a reality! Please visit http://www.stoplf.org for more information. |
 | Haiti Program at Notre Dame Saved millions of Haitians from a devastating infectious disease. Rev. Thomas G. Streit, C.S.C. Research Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences In 1998, after years of researching mosquito--borne infections with the Centers for Disease Control, Rev. Thomas Streit ('80, '85) founded the Haiti Program at Notre Dame with the goal of eradicating lymphatic filariasis (LF), which afflicts nearly a quarter of all Haitians. LF is rarely fatal, but its toll is devastating: identifiable by their grossly swollen limbs, victims are shunned by family and community, robbed of their dignity and often their livelihood. It is, as Father Streit notes, a disease whose geographic range maps perfectly with the poorest of the poor. Backed by the Gates Foundation, Father Streit has become not merely a scientist and public health administrator, but a priest and a friend to the millions of Haitians he has impacted over the past two decades. Under his leadership, the Haiti Program has collaborated with the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and the CDC to build clinical and research programs at the Hôpital Sainte Croix, educate Haitians about the benefits of bed nets and good hygiene to ward off infection, fortify the island's salt supply with drugs to kill the parasitic worms that cause LF, and administer those same drugs directly to more than three million Haitians. Father Streit's efforts are on target to altogether eliminate LF from Haiti by 2013. A 1980 graduate of Notre Dame, he was ordained a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1986. He earned a doctorate in biological sciences under the supervision of Notre Dame professors George Craig and Paul Grimstad. |
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