Mini Rev Med Chem. 2006 Feb;6(2):203-10.

Antibiotics which target the Wolbachia endosymbionts of filarial parasites: a new strategy for control of filariasis and amelioration of pathology.

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Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany. pfarr@parasit.meb.uni-bonn.de

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Wolbachia endosymbionts of filariae are targets for the development of new antifilarial chemotherapy. Doxycycline to deplete Wolbachia from the worm has demonstrated the feasibility of this strategy and has provided a new chemotherapeutic tool. Recent research shows that depleting Wolbachia will also lessen pathology, and lessen adverse reactions to traditional antifilarial drugs.

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