The mainstay treatment for patients with filariasis is albendazole (a broad spectrum anthelmintic) combined with ivermectin. A combination of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) and albendazole is also effective. All of these treatments are microfilaricides; they have no effect on the adult worms.
Filariasis medical therapy
Babesiosis medical therapy
Malaria medical therapy
Leishmaniasis medical therapy
Yaws medical therapy
Leprosy medical therapy
African trypanosomiasis medical therapy
Loa loa filariasis medical therapy