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 …

Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is an important but neglected public health
problem in onchocerciasis-endemic areas with insufficient or inadequate onchocerciasis …

Background High onchocerciasis transmission predisposes endemic communities to a high
epilepsy burden. The 4· 4% epilepsy prevalence documented in 2018 in Maridi, South …

Background Community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) is used to eliminate
onchocerciasis. However, despite 25 years of annual CDTi in Mahenge, Tanzania, the …

The etiology of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is still unclear. We evaluate
environmental factors suspected to be associated with ALS for their potential linkage to …

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 …

Retrospective cohort studies in Cameroon found an association between Onchocerca
volvulus microfilarial load in childhood (measured in 1991–1993) and risk of developing …

A two-phase survey of epilepsy was conducted in selected villages in Mundri West and East
Counties (26 June–8 July, 2021), an onchocerciasis-endemic area in Western Equatoria …

Background Nodding syndrome (NS) has been consistently associated with onchocerciasis.
Nevertheless, a positive association between NS and a Mansonella perstans infection was …

In June 2020, a door-to-door household survey was conducted in Mvolo County, an
onchocerciasis-endemic area in South Sudan. A total of 2357 households containing 15,699 …