New Test Better Detects Elephantiasis Worm Infection (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

New Test Better Detects Elephantiasis Worm Infection

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Washington University's Kurt Curtis, in Liberia, readies a new diagnostic test for lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-born infection that can lead to enormously swollen limbs and genitals. The new test detected the infection in many people that the standard test had missed.

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Washington University School of Medicine

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