Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is an important neglected public health problem
in areas with high ongoing onchocerciasis transmission. The risk that children in such areas …

As long-lived parasites, helminths depend upon immunomodulation of their hosts for
survival. The release of excretory-secretory (ES) products, including proteins, lipids and …

Background The possibility that onchocerciasis may cause epilepsy has been suggested for
a long time, but thus far, an etiological link has not been universally accepted. The objective …

The prototype of transmissible neurodegenerative proteinopathies is prion diseases,
characterized by aggregation of abnormally folded conformers of the native prion protein. A …

Nodding syndrome is a neglected, disabling and potentially fatal epileptic disorder of
unknown aetiology affecting thousands of individuals mostly confined to Eastern sub …

Tauopathies are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that are
characterised by the aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau into filamentous …

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) often also called chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a
common, debilitating, disease of unknown origin. Although a subject of controversy and a …

This review summarises more than a century of research on onchocerciasis, also known as
river blindness, and its control. River blindness is an infection caused by the tissue filaria …

Background Many studies have suggested that onchocerciasis might be associated with
epilepsy. Therefore, we did a cohort study to assess the incidence of epilepsy relative to …

Background Oral ivermectin is a safe broad spectrum anthelminthic used for treating several
neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Currently, ivermectin use is contraindicated in children …