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The project addresses filarial infections prevalent in West and Central Africa, focusing on developing vaccines against diseases like river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. It aims to identify protective antigens and understand immune responses to improve treatment strategies and vaccine formulation.
Filarial infections remain a major public health problem in West and Central Africa.
Three filarial species are involved:
Onchocerca volvulus (onchocerciasis or river blindness);
Wuchereria bancrofti (lymphatic filariasis); and Loa loa (the eye worm).
Treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin has been successful in many situations but emergence of drug resistance and risk of severe adverse reactions associated with L loa co-infections is restricting the implementation of mass treatment and con…
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
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INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE AGRICOLE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Cameroon, Yaounde
Type: Research institute
Activity type: Research Organisations
SME: No
Ghana, Kumasi
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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