The onchocerciasis hypothesis of nodding syndrome.


Journal

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
ISSN: 1935-2735
Titre abrégé: PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101291488

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 2023
Historique:
medline: 21 8 2023
pubmed: 17 8 2023
entrez: 17 8 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Nodding syndrome (NS) is a phenotypic presentation of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE). OAE is an important public health problem in areas with high ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission. OAE, including NS, is preventable by strengthening onchocerciasis elimination programs. The presence of tau in OAE postmortem brains could be the consequence of neuroinflammation directly or indirectly induced by O. volvulus. Omics research is needed to investigate whether O. volvulus worms contain a neurotropic virus.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37590176
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011523
pii: PNTD-D-23-00706
pmc: PMC10434893
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e0011523

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Colebunders et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Robert Colebunders (R)

Global Health Institute University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

Amber Hadermann (A)

Global Health Institute University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo (JN)

Global Health Institute University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

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