[HTML][HTML] Mapping, associated factors, and pathophysiology of nodding syndrome in Africa: A systematic review

S Metanmo, D Dossa, DN Ahmat, AS Winkler… - …, 2024 - karger.com
Introduction: Nodding syndrome (NS) remains a poorly understood disorder. For a long time,
it has been thought to be restricted to East Africa; however, cases in Central Africa have …

Asymptomatic malaria infection prevailing risks for human health and malaria elimination

D Prusty, N Gupta, A Upadhyay, A Dar, B Naik… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been a consistent rise in malaria cases in the last few years. The existing malaria
control measures are challenged by insecticide resistance in the mosquito vector, drug …

Protection or susceptibility to devastating childhood epilepsy: Nodding Syndrome associates with immunogenetic fingerprints in the HLA binding groove

G Benedek, M Abed El Latif, K Miller… - PLoS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Nodding syndrome (NS) is a devastating and enigmatic childhood epilepsy. NS is
accompanied by multiple neurological impairments and neuroinflammation, and associated …

Epilepsy research in Africa: a scoping review by the ILAE pediatric commission research advocacy task force

P Samia, J Hassell, J Hudson, A Ahmed, J Shah… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Despite the high prevalence of epilepsy in Africa, evaluation of epilepsy research
trends on the continent is lacking. Without establishing effective research, improvement in …

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in Nodding syndrome

G Benedek, M Abed El Latif, K Miller… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Nodding syndrome (NS) is a catastrophic and enigmatic childhood epilepsy, accompanied
by multiple neurological impairments and neuroinflammation. Of all the infectious …

Characterization of Anopheles gambiae D7 salivary proteins as markers of human–mosquito bite contact

B Oseno, F Marura, R Ogwang, M Muturi, J Njunge… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
Background Malaria is transmitted when infected Anopheles mosquitoes take a blood meal.
During this process, the mosquitoes inject a cocktail of bioactive proteins that elicit antibody …

Depression symptom severity and behavioral impairment in school-going adolescents in Uganda

R Anguzu, C Abbo, J Dickson-Gomez, M Bobholz… - BMC psychiatry, 2025 - Springer
During adolescence, a critical developmental phase, cognitive, psychological, and social
states interact with the environment to influence behaviors like decision-making and social …

NODDING SYNDROME: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

S Metanmo, D Dossa, DN Ahmat, AS Winkler… - …, 2024 - karger.com
Abstract Introduction: Nodding Syndrome (NS) remains a poorly understood disorder. For a
long time, it has been thought to be restricted to East Africa, however cases in Central Africa …

Climate change and epilepsy: Time to take action

SM Sisodiya, HJ Fowler, I Lake, RO Nanji… - Epilepsia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity today. The associated global
warming and humidification, increases in the severity and frequency of extreme climate …

Serum levels of total human tau associated with axonal damage among severe malaria patients in central India

V Jain, T Thomas, S Basak, RK Sharma, N Singh - Acta Tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) that is abundant in the axonal part of neurons
of the central nervous system. Previous studies among African children and Vietnamese …