The race to eliminate Elephantiasis in India

Meera Senthilingam, for CNN

Updated 1625 GMT (0025 HKT) April 24, 2015

120 million people worldwide are infected with the parasitic disease Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, and 1.4 billion people are at risk of becoming infected in 72 countries globally. The majority of disease is caused by the parasitic worm Wuchereria Bancrofti -- responsible for 90% of cases.

Photos: Eliminating elephantiasis

Worming into the body – 120 million people worldwide are infected with the parasitic disease Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, and 1.4 billion people are at risk of becoming infected in 72 countries globally. The majority of disease is caused by the parasitic worm Wuchereria Bancrofti -- responsible for 90% of cases.

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