| Wolbachia are bacterial symbionts of the major human filarias, including Onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic nematode that causes onchocerciasis. |
| Regular contact with water also makes women prone to water-borne diseases such as Schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis and dracunculosis. |
| These include lymphatic filariasis, the soil-transmitted helminthiases, schistosomiasis, dracunculiasis and onchocerciasis. |
| The first clinical trials were done in people having onchocerciasis infections. |
| In third-world countries, it has been used to treat onchocerciasis in pregnant and nursing women, with no teratogenic effects observed. |
| Groups in Germany have tested standard antibacterial drugs in animals and started a long-term trial of tetracycline for onchocerciasis in Africa. |
