Publication reviews 15 years of DOLF accomplishments and looks toward disease elimination

The Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project at Washington University in St. Louis recently celebrated 15 years of conducting clinical and translational research to test new treat­ments to support the elimination of two major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), namely lymphatic filariasis (LF) and onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness). WashU Medicine Infectious Diseases faculty Gary J. Weil, MD, co-founded the DOLF Project and leads it with fellow ID faculty Peter U. Fischer, PhD and Philip J. Budge, MD, PhD.