The mission of The DOLF Project is to develop and test improved treatments for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis that will enhance efforts to control and eliminate these important neglected tropical diseases.
NEWS & EVENTS
DOLF Team Collaborates for Upcoming IDA Rollout in Indonesia
The DOLF team recently collaborated with the Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta and the Indonesian Ministry of Health to host a 1.5-day meeting in early February in Jakarta to discuss strategic planning for the upcoming rollout of IDA mass drug administration (MDA) in the country. The attendee list also included a representative of the Bill and Melinda […]
DOLF Laboratory Core Improves Microscopy Technology
The lab in St. Louis received an Olympus VS120-S6 microscope and slide scanner. Microscopy is essential to study the effect of drugs on adult Onchocerca volvulus worms. However, drug-related morphological changes are sometimes difficult to differentiate from age-related changes of the worms. Unfortunately, is the technical expertise to judge worms in histological nodule sections vanishing […]
DOLF Team Collaborates for Upcoming IDA Rollout in Indonesia
The DOLF team recently collaborated with the Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta and the Indonesian Ministry of Health to host a 1.5-day meeting in early February in Jakarta to discuss strategic planning for the upcoming rollout of IDA mass drug administration (MDA) in the country. The attendee list also included a representative of the Bill and Melinda […]
DOLF Laboratory Core Improves Microscopy Technology
The lab in St. Louis received an Olympus VS120-S6 microscope and slide scanner. Microscopy is essential to study the effect of drugs on adult Onchocerca volvulus worms. However, drug-related morphological changes are sometimes difficult to differentiate from age-related changes of the worms. Unfortunately, is the technical expertise to judge worms in histological nodule sections vanishing […]
DOLF Research-Roll-Out of IDA for LF Elimination in PNG (ENB)
Dr. Christopher King and his team from Case Western Reserve University and Dr. Alison Krentel from the Bruyere Research Institute in Ottawa have returned to East New Britain to continue their research. Dr. Krentel will train local staff on procedures for assessing the acceptability of the triple drug mass drug administration that was provided province-wide […]
DOLF initiates a trial of IDA triple drug treatment for Oncho
DOLF researchers and staff traveled to Hohoe, Ghana in December 2019 to work with Nick Opoku’s team at the University of Health and Allied Sciences to initiate a trial of the triple drug treatment IDA in persons with onchocerciasis. This study is testing the same IDA combination (ivermectin plus DEC and albendazole) that is so […]
Two New Members Join the DOLF Team
Nicole Fetcho joined the DOLF Project in October 2019 as a Statistical Data Analyst and Data Manager. Nicole is well prepared for this work with a Master of Public Health degree (with a focus on Biostatistics and Epidemiology) from the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Her MPH practicum work […]
New publication Accepted to PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Researchers uncover molecular changes associated with treating lymphatic filariasis
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