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

The blackfly vectors and transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in Mahenge, south eastern Tanzania

(2018) Adam Hendy et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Evolution of epilepsy prevalence and incidence in a Tanzanian area endemic for onchocerciasis and the potential impact of community-directed treatment with ivermectin: a cross-sectional study and comparison over 28 years

(2018) Helena Greter et al.   BMJ Open

Barriers to access to education for young people with epilepsy in Northern Tanzania: A qualitative interview and focus group study involving teachers, parents and young people with epilepsy

(2017) Charlotte Quereshi et al.   EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus

(2017) Tory P. Johnson et al.   Science Translational Medicine

High prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2017) Bethany Levick et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Nodding syndrome—we can now prevent it

(2016) Robert Colebunders et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy

(2016) Kirsten M. Fiest et al.   NEUROLOGY

Still mesoendemic onchocerciasis in two Cameroonian community-directed treatment with ivermectin projects despite more than 15 years of mass treatment

(2016) Guy-Roger Kamga et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Prevalence of River Epilepsy in the Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2016) Robert Colebunders et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Progress towards onchocerciasis elimination in the participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: epidemiological evaluation results

(2016) Afework H. Tekle et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy

(2014) Robert S. Fisher et al.   EPILEPSIA

Epidemiology, causes, and treatment of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) Awa Ba-Diop et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Exposure to Multiple Parasites Is Associated with the Prevalence of Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) Gathoni Kamuyu et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

An estimate of the prevalence of epilepsy in Sub–Saharan Africa: A systematic analysis

(2013) Abigail Paul et al.   Journal of Global Health

The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: impact on onchocercal skin disease

(2011) G. A. Ozoh et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Effects of a school feeding intervention on school attendance rates among elementary schoolchildren in rural Kenya

(2010) Edith Mukudi Omwami et al.   NUTRITION

The role of Onchocerca volvulus in the development of epilepsy in a rural area of Tanzania

(2010) REBEKKA KÖNIG et al.   PARASITOLOGY

After a decade of annual dose mass ivermectin treatment in Cameroon and Uganda, onchocerciasis transmission continues

(2008) Moses Katabarwa et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH