In Africa, the spread of parasitic worms known as Loa loa is seriously hindering the efforts of health care workers to cure particular, rampant diseases. Though there are drugs available to treat ...

Nairobi — The first ever mapping of the geographic distribution and prevalence of loa loa filariasis (loiasis) disease in Africa could help in designing better treatment strategies for river ...

New Smartphone technology has been developed that can detect and count wriggling parasitic worms in a drop of blood. The technique offers accurate results quickly, providing health workers in ...

Lymphatic filariasis causes thickening of the skin and swelling of limbs, which can be severe. Fortunately, ... Testing for Loa loa is time-consuming though and takes scientific equipment and ...

Ben Taylor, an Australian-born painter who now resides in the UK, was infected with Loa loa filariasis after a visit to rural Gabon, central Africa, in 2013.

If someone is infected by the Loa loa worm, taking a drug to treat river blindness could be risky. Now there's a fast way to identify the worm — by turning a smartphone into a microscope.

Loa loa is a filarial nematode estimated to infect 3-13 million people in Central and Western Africa. In parts of Africa, mass administration of ivermectin is common for onchocerciasis and ...

Mapping the distribution of African eye worm disease may help to eliminate diseases such as river blindness.