Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: another piece in the puzzle from the Mahenge mountains, southern Tanzania

• Main Authors: Christoph Kaiser (Author), Bruno P. Mmbando (Author), Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo (Author), Patrick Suykerbuyk (Author), Mohamed Mnacho (Author), Advocatus Kakorozya (Author), William Matuja (Author), Adam Hendy (Author), Helena Greter (Author), Williams H. Makunde (Author), Robert Colebunders (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract In a study from the onchocerciasis-endemic area of Mahenge in southern Tanzania, Mmbando et al. [Inf Dis Poverty. 2018;7:64] demonstrate that in four selected villages the overall epilepsy prevalence was high, and significantly more elevated in the two villages of higher onchocerciasis ende...