As the name "elephantiasis" implies, the condition causes a person's limb to resemble that of an elephant. Elephantiasis is actually a complication of a parasitic infection called lymphatic filariasis ...

Since 2015, health officials in Uganda have received reports of increasing numbers of people suffering from elephantiasis, a debilitating disease characterized by severe swelling in the limbs.

An apparent surge in elephantiasis cases in Uganda in 2015 was caused by people walking on volcanic soil barefoot, new research suggests. Over decades, tiny crystals in the soil had penetrated the ...

A 53-year-old man in India developed elephantiasis in his leg after contracting a parasite via a mosquito bite four years ago. Now the man has lost significant mobility, had to give up work, and may ...

Elephantiasis is caused by infection with the filarial worm, which is transmitted to humans by the mosquito and lives in the human lymphatic system. The disease is typically characterized by the ...

An estimated 120 million people worldwide are infected with lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic, mosquito-borne disease that can cause major swelling and deformity of the legs, a condition known as ...

A rare condition called elephantiasis, which tends to strike people in tropical parts of the world, was long thought to occur due to a parasitic infection. But a new study shows that the condition can ...

It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kamwenge District. Surrounded by ...

Of all the exotic diseases that afflict people, elephantiasis ranks among the most dreaded. The threadlike, parasitic worm that causes this lethal disease makes nests in a person’s lymph system. The ...

Earlier this year, after a gap of three long years, four cases of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), also known as elephantiasis, were reported in Bachubhai No Kuvo, a slum in Ramol, Ahmedabad. The condition, ...

Though nearly 1.4 billion people are at risk of developing a disfiguring disease that’s easily preventable, it remains one of the most overlooked conditions. But a powerful new campaign hopes to ...

What you need to know: Elephantiasis remains a health concern, with two main types: a widespread parasitic form called lymphatic filariasis (LF) and a localised form of non-filarial elephantiasis ...