Brugia malayi

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Chemical constituents and antifilarial activity of Lantana camara against human lymphatic filariid Brugia malayi and rodent filariid Acanthocheilonema viteae maintained in rodent hosts. 
  • Improvement in the antifilarial efficacy of doxycycline and rifampicin by combination therapy and drug delivery approach. 
  • Tetracycline treatment targeting Wolbachia affects expression of an array of proteins in Brugia malayi parasite. 
  • The n-hexane and chloroform fractions of Piper betle L. trigger different arms of immune responses in BALB/c mice and exhibit antifilarial activity against human lymphatic filarid Brugia malayi. 
  • Vaccination with 73kDa recombinant heavy chain myosin generates high level of protection against Brugia malayi challenge in jird and mastomys models.