New anti-Wolbachia drug regimen could reduce treatment times of LF and Oncho to 1-2 weeks

(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) This week, scientists from the A · WOL Consortium based at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have published a paper entitled 'Short-Course, High-Dose Rifampicin Achieves Wolbachia Depletion Predictive of Curative Outcomes in Preclinical Models of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis' in Scientific Reports.
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