Sentences with phrase «filariasis as»
On Monday, the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to William Campbell of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, and AAAS member Satoshi Ōmura of Kitasato University in Tokyo, who will share half the prize for discovering the drug avermectin, which has been used to treat river blindness and lymphatic filariasis as well as other parasitic diseases.
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Urbanization and the resulting shrinkage of green spaces in cities can be considered a boon for mosquitoes that transmit diseases, such as Aedes aegypti (dengue) and Culex quinquefasciatus (lymphatic filariasis).
Collectively known as neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs, these illnesses include leprosy, rabies, blinding trachoma and lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis).
Vector borne disease control often relies on universal distribution of interventions, such as long - lasting insecticide treated bednets for malaria and mass drug administration for filariasis.
Janssen GPH will also prioritise work with the International Partnership for Microbicides developing the investigational drug dapivirine for use as a monthly vaginal microbicidal ring designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV and continue its pact with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative for the preclinical research of a reformulated form of flubendazole for lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness), Janssen GPH is also developing a new, chewable formulation of Vermox (mebendazole) that will facilitate treatment of intestinal worms in younger children.
Doxycycline as a novel strategy against bancroftian filariasis — depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production.