Directory of Lymphatic Filariasis Resources

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Lymphatic filariasis is also known as elephantiasis. It is a disease of the tropics characterized by grotesque swelling of the limbs and male genitalia. The disease is caused by thread-like, parasitic filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and B. timori. These worms lodge in the lymphatic system. They live for 4-6 years, producing millions of tiny larvae (microfilariae) that circulate in the blood.

Resources in This Category

• Carter Center Lymphatic Filariasis Program

  http://www.cartercenter.org/health/lf/index.html
  Provides information on this disease and the program for its elimination being undertaken in Nigeria.

• CDC: Lymphatic filariasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/
  Information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Filaria Journal

  http://filariajournal.biomedcentral.com/
  Archive of articles from this journal that ceased publication in 2007.

• Global Alliance to Eliiminate Lymphatic Filariasis

  http://www.filariasis.org/
  Describes the disease, its epidemiology (including countries where it is endemic), prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment; and international efforts to eradicate it.

• Lymphatic filariasis

  http://www.who.int/topics/filariasis/
  Detailed information from the World Health Organization.

• Pac Elf

  http://www.pacelf.org/
  A group whose goal is eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in the South Pacific by the year 2010.

• TDR: Lymphatic Filariasis

  http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases-topics/lymphatic-filariasis/en/
  Provides information on the research being undertaken into this chronic disease.

• WHO: Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

  http://www.who.int/lymphatic_filariasis/disease/en/
  Provides information on the progress of this programme which was launched in 1997 and which is being implemented in 27 countries.

• WHO: Lymphatic Filariasis

  http://www.who.int/lymphatic_filariasis/en/
  Provides information on this disease caused by three species of nematode thread-like worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori.

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