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Study for treatment of lymphatic filariosis in Science Translational Medicine published

Neglected tropical diseases such as Lymphatic filariosis are common in tropical and subtropical areas. Here mostly poor people are affected.
An international consortium with a contribution of scientists from the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation identified a new substance ABBV-4083 in the fight against adult worms, the cause of lymphatic filariosis.
Dr. Marc Hübner and Prof. Hörauf are working in the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology at the University Hospital Bonn.


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Mark J. Taylor, Thomas W. von Geldern, Louise Ford, Marc P. Hübner, Kennan Marsh, Kelly L. Johnston, Hanna T. Sjoberg, Sabine Specht, Nicolas Pionnier, Hayley E. Tyrer, Rachel H. Clare, Darren A. N. Cook, Emma Murphy, Andrew Steven, John Archer, Dominique Bloemker, Franziska Lenz, Marianne Koschel, Alexandra Ehrens, Haelly M. Metuge, Valerinne C. Chunda, Patrick W. Ndongmo Chounna, Abdel J. Njouendou, Fanny F. Fombad, Robert Carr, Howard E. Morton, Ghaith Aljayyoussi, Achim Hoerauf, Samuel Wanji, Dale J. Kempf, Joseph D. Turner, Stephen A. Ward: Preclinical development of an oral anti-Wolbachia macrolide drug for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis, Science Translational Medicine, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau2086

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