Sight-saving antibiotic

There is new hope in the fight against river blindness, caused by parasites burrowing below the skin and releasing millions of offspring throughout the body. Scientists have found that it is, in fact, the worms cargo of Wolbachia bacteria that...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2002
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47698
Description
Summary:There is new hope in the fight against river blindness, caused by parasites burrowing below the skin and releasing millions of offspring throughout the body. Scientists have found that it is, in fact, the worms cargo of Wolbachia bacteria that...