Doxycycline kills those symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria on the reproductive tract of parasitic filarial nematodes, making the nematodes sterile and thus reducing transmission of diseases such as onchocerciasis and elephantiasis.
Doxycycline kills the symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in the reproductive tracts of parasitic filarial nematodes, making the nematodes sterile, and thus reducing transmission of diseases such as onchocerciasis and elephantiasis.