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Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Vaccines Against Elephantiasis Could Make Infection Spread More Easily
A new study has revealed that potential vaccines against elephantiasis might make the infection spread more easily through communities. The conclusion is based on the finding that parasi...

Microbial 'Mosquito Net' may Help Prevent Mosquito-Borne Disease
By finding a microbial 'mosquito net', scientists have made new progress in the fight against mosquito-borne disease like dengue fever and Chikungunya. Earlier this year, researchers sho...

Common Bacteria Could Cut Spread of Mosquito-Borne Disease
A common type of bacteria could help curtail the spread of mosquito-borne diseases by making the pests more resistant to infection, according to a study published Thursday in the US journal ...

Parasite Bacteria may Prevent Spread of Filariasis
Infecting mosquitoes with a bacterial parasite could help prevent the spread of lymphatic filariasis, one of the major neglected tropical diseases of the developing world, according to resea...

DNA Barcoding of Mosquito Species Deployed in Bid to End Elephantiasis
New biotechnologies that allow scientists to quickly and accurately distinguish species based on a simple DNA analysis are being creatively deployed for the first time in the war against a m...

Elephantiasis Could Be Wiped Out by 2020
Elephantiasis, the painful and disfiguring disease affecting more than 100 million people worldwide, could be wiped out by 2020, experts believe. Lymphatic filariasis (LF), often called elep...

Elephantiasis Afflicted Woman Hoping for a Normal Life After Surgery
Wang Cheng is looking forward to running and wearing trousers for the first time in more than a decade after life-changing surgery in Taiwan to correct a rare and painful condition which cau...

Woman With Elephantiasis is Having Operation in Taiwan
A Chinese woman who faced huge health hazards after developing elephantiasis is due to have surgery for the same in Taiwan. Wang Cheng, 24, cannot work or even wear trousers because of t...

Remedy for Elephantiasis Feasible in India
A cure for elephantiasis is now possible in India, thanks to efforts of Institute of Applied Dermatology in Kerala's Kasaragod District. This institute, has after over ten years of research...

The Elephantiasis �Genetic Code� Puzzle Solved!
Scientists have revealed the genetic secrets of the filarial parasites that cause elephantiasis. Filarial parasites have affected more than 150 million people worldwide. Filaria is a long, t...

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