Abstract
Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Clinical description and relationship with microfilarial density
Highlights
As early as the 1930s, onchocerciasis was already suspected to cause seizures [1]
Sixty-three (44.1%) skin snip-positive persons with epilepsy (PWE) had a family history of epilepsy, compared to only 82 (32.9%) skin snip-negative PWE (p = 0.027)
Eighty-one onchocerciasis-infected PWE were recruited in the Aketi health zone
Summary
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 and microfilarial density
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