which is commonly known as elephantiasis, a painful and disfiguring disease. The funding cut has forced the nonprofit to lay off a few employees, said Patrick Lammie, who directs its Neglected ...

Some of the most common NTDs in Kenya include intestinal worms, bilharzia (which comes from contact with contaminated water), a blinding eye infection called trachoma, elephantiasis which causes ...

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This important study investigates the propensity of the intravacuolar pathogen, Leishmania, to scavenge lipids which it utilizes for its accelerated growth within macrophages. The authors present ...

Subclinical or asymptomatic infection is documented in individuals living in endemic areas for leishmaniasis suggesting that the development of an appropriate immune response can control parasite ...