Elephantiasis is a severely disfiguring and disabling condition in which the arms, legs, or genitals swell so much that they can resemble an elephant's foreleg in size, texture, and color. True elephantiasis is caused by a parasitic infection from...

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Elephantiasis is a disease that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals. ("Elephantitis" is a common mis-hearing or mis-remembering of the term, from confusing the ending -iasis --...

A campaign to eradicate a disease that threatens one in five of the world's population was launched yesterday. Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, looks at a 20-year plan to wipe out the disfiguring condition, elephantiasis. It can cause the limbs and genitals to swell...

Sir, Genital elephantiasis is an important medical problem in the tropics and usually affects the young and productive age group. Most reported cases occur as an end result of lymphatic obstruction due to various diseases like filariasis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) such as...

The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.The discovery could force public health officials to rethink strategies for controlling river blindness,...

The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa and tropical regions of the Americas, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.The discovery could force public health officials to...