Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Clinical description and relationship with microfilarial density.

• Main Authors: Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo (Author), Michel Mandro (Author), Deby Mukendi (Author), Floribert Tepage (Author), Sonia Menon (Author), Swabra Nakato (Author), Françoise Nyisi (Author), Germain Abhafule (Author), Deogratias Wonya'rossi (Author), Aimé Anyolito (Author), Richard Lokonda (Author), An Hotterbeekx (Author), Robert Colebunders (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>High epilepsy prevalence and incidence were observed in onchocerciasis-endemic villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We investigated the clinical characteristics of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE), and the relationship between seizure severity an...