Elephantiasis on the decline in Cameroon
Sunday, July 2, 2017 - 17:52
in Health & Medicine
Lymphatic filariasis -- a parasitic infection commonly known as elephantiasis -- is among the 10 neglected tropical diseases that the World Health Organization is aiming to eliminate by 2020. In Cameroon, large-scale annual mass drug administration efforts are successfully curbing rates of LF, researchers now report.