The severe symptoms caused by the parasite can be avoided by cleansing the skin, surgery, or the use of anthelmintic drugs, such as diethylcarbamazine, ivermectin, or albendazole. The drug of choice is diethylcarbamazine, which can eliminate the microfilariae from the blood and also kill the adult worms with a dose of 6 mg/kg/day for 12 days, semiannually or annually. A polytherapy treatment that includes ivermectin with diethylcarbamazine or albendazole is more effective than either drug alone. Protection is similar to that of other mosquito-spread illnesses; one can use barriers both physical (a mosquito net), chemical (insect repellent), or mass chemotherapy as a method to control the spread of the disease. Mass chemotherapy should cover the entire endemic area at the same time. This will significantly decrease the overall microfilarial titer in blood in mass, hence decreasing the transmission through mosquitoes during their subsequent bites. Antibiotic active against the Wolbachia symbionts of the worm have been tested as treatment. Wolbachia-free worms immediately become sterile, and later die prematurely.
Wuchereria bancrofti
Onchocerca volvulus
Schistosoma haematobium
Taenia solium
Schistosoma intercalatum
Echinostoma revolutum
Schistosoma japonicum
Taenia asiatica