Objective
Wolbachia are symbiotic endobacteria in filarial nematodes that have recently emerged as targets for an improved chemotherapy of filariasis by tetracycline antibiotics, with the potential to close the gaps left open in current mass treatment programs. The purposes of this project are i) to obtain the optimal regimen with anti-Wolbachia antibiotics leading to Wolbachia depletion and sterilization or killing of adult worms in human filariasis (lymphatic filariasis, loiasis and onchocerciasis); ii) to analyse the role of Wolbachia in inflammatory processes which lead to disease manifestations (acute episodes of lymphangitis); iii) to investigate the role of Wolbachia release by microfilaricidal therapy in the induction of drug side effects. In their combination, the studies will allow to assess the role of Wolbachia in pathogenesis and as targets for the long-needed
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology bacteriology
- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy pharmaceutical drugs antibiotics
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Coordinator
53105 BONN
Germany
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