Focus of Ongoing Onchocerciasis Transmission Close to Bangui, Central African Republic.
Central African Republic
Onchocerciasis
Ov16 seroprevalence
children
epilepsy
Journal
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2076-0817
Titre abrégé: Pathogens
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101596317
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Apr 2020
30 Apr 2020
Historique:
received:
25
03
2020
revised:
28
04
2020
accepted:
29
04
2020
entrez:
6
5
2020
pubmed:
6
5
2020
medline:
6
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Recently, there were anecdotal reports of a high number of persons with epilepsy, including children with nodding seizures in the Landja Mboko area located about 9 km from the capital city Bangui, Central African Republic. We suspected the area to be endemic for onchocerciasis, and that the alleged increase in the number of epilepsy cases was due to ongoing
Identifiants
pubmed: 32365847
pii: pathogens9050337
doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050337
pmc: PMC7281167
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Subventions
Organisme : H2020 European Research Council
ID : 671055
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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