Sight-saving antibiotic
There is new hope in the fight against river blindness, caused by parasites burrowing below the skin and releasing millions of offspring throughout the body. Scientists have found that it is, in fact, the worms cargo of Wolbachia bacteria that provokes the body s inflammatory response, which leads to blindness and skin disorders. New cures could be on the way: recent studies of infected people show that the bacteria can be killed by the common antibiotic doxycycline.
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2002
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47698 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99605 |
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