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<i>Wolbachia</i> depletion blocks transmission of lymphatic filariasis by preventing chitinase-dependent parasite exsheathment

scientific article published on 04 April 2022

AWZ1066S, a highly specific anti- drug candidate for a short-course treatment of filariasis

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in the human parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis and two related Dracunculus species infecting wildlife

scientific article published on 31 March 2014

Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in the non-filariid nematodes Angiostrongylus cantonensis and A. costaricensis

scientific article published on 18 September 2008

Albendazole and antibiotics synergize to deliver short-course anti-Wolbachia curative treatments in preclinical models of filariasis.

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Author Correction: Short-Course, High-Dose Rifampicin Achieves Wolbachia Depletion Predictive of Curative Outcomes in Preclinical Models of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis

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Boron-Pleuromutilins as Anti- Wolbachia Agents with Potential for Treatment of Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Characterization of a novel filarial serine protease inhibitor, Ov-SPI-1, from Onchocerca volvulus, with potential multifunctional roles during development of the parasite

scientific article published on 26 September 2005

Combinations of registered drugs reduce treatment times required to deplete Wolbachia in the Litomosoides sigmodontis mouse model.

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Comparison of Doxycycline, Minocycline, Doxycycline plus Albendazole and Albendazole Alone in Their Efficacy against Onchocerciasis in a Randomized, Open-Label, Pilot Trial

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Development and validation of a high-throughput anti-Wolbachia whole-cell screen: a route to macrofilaricidal drugs against onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.

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Development of a High-Throughput Cytometric Screen to Identify Anti- Wolbachia Compounds: The Power of Public-Private Partnership

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Differential antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum invasion ligand proteins in individuals living in malaria-endemic areas in Brazil and Cameroon.

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Discovery of ABBV-4083, a novel analog of Tylosin A that has potent anti-Wolbachia and anti-filarial activity

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

Effect of dietary cowpea trypsin inhibitor (CpTI) on the growth and development of the tomato moth Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and on the success of the gregarious ectoparasitoid Eulophus pennicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).

scientific article published in January 2001

Fit for purpose: do we have the right tools to sustain NTD elimination?

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Functional analysis of the cathepsin-like cysteine protease genes in adult Brugia malayi using RNA interference

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Identification and prioritization of novel anti-Wolbachia chemotypes from screening a 10,000-compound diversity library

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Industrial scale high-throughput screening delivers multiple fast acting macrofilaricides

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Influence of plant development and environment on transgene expression in potato and consequences for insect resistance.

scientific article published on June 2001

Lipoprotein biosynthesis as a target for anti-Wolbachia treatment of filarial nematodes

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Live Brugia malayi Microfilariae Inhibit Transendothelial Migration of Neutrophils and Monocytes

scientific article published on November 29, 2012

Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline only treatment of Onchocerca volvulus in an area of Loa loa co-endemicity: a randomized controlled trial

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Minocycline as a re-purposed anti-Wolbachia macrofilaricide: superiority compared with doxycycline regimens in a murine infection model of human lymphatic filariasis.

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

Overcoming the challenges of drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases: the A·WOL experience

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Preclinical development of an oral anti-Wolbachia macrolide drug for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Repurposing of approved drugs from the human pharmacopoeia to target Wolbachia endosymbionts of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis

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Short-Course, High-Dose Rifampicin Achieves Wolbachia Depletion Predictive of Curative Outcomes in Preclinical Models of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis.

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Snowdrop lectin (GNA) has no acute toxic effects on a beneficial insect predator, the 2-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata L.).

scientific article published in April 2000

The role of endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in the pathogenesis of river blindness

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Tritrophic interactions between transgenic potato expressing snowdrop lectin (GNA), an aphid pest (peach-potato aphid; Myzus persicae (Sulz.) and a beneficial predator (2-spot ladybird; Adalia bipunctata L.).

scientific article published on April 2003

Wolbachia lipoprotein stimulates innate and adaptive immunity through Toll-like receptors 2 and 6 to induce disease manifestations of filariasis.

scientific article published on 19 May 2009

Wolbachia lipoproteins: abundance, localisation and serology of Wolbachia peptidoglycan associated lipoprotein and the Type IV Secretion System component, VirB6 from Brugia malayi and Aedes albopictus

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Wolbachiafilarial interactions

scientific article published on December 24, 2012