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High prevalence of epilepsy in two rural onchocerciasis endemic villages in the Mahenge area, Tanzania, after 20 years of community directed treatment with ivermectin.

Bruno P Mmbando | Patrick Suykerbuyk | Mohamed Mnacho | Advocatus Kakorozya | William Matuja | Adam Hendy | Helena Greter | Williams H Makunde | Robert Colebunders
Infectious diseases of poverty | 2018

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder with a multitude of underlying causes, which may include infection with Onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic worm that causes human onchocerciasis. A survey carried out in 1989 revealed a high prevalence of epilepsy (1.02% overall, ranging from 0.51 to 3.71% in ten villages) in the Mahenge area of Ulanga district, an onchocerciasis endemic region in south eastern Tanzania. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and incidence of epilepsy following 20 years of onchocerciasis control through annual community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI).

Pubmed ID: 29921319

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  • Agency: European Research Council, International
    Id: ERC 671055

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