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Nodding syndrome: Preventable and treatable.

Robert Colebunders1, Maarten J Titulaer2.   

Abstract

New insights into the pathophysiology of nodding syndrome, a form of childhood epilepsy associated with onchocerciasis, provide new opportunities for disease treatment and parasite control (Johnson et al).
Copyright © 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Year:  2017        PMID： 28202778     DOI： 10.1126/scitranslmed.aam8532

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Sci Transl Med        ISSN： 1946-6234            Impact factor:   17.956


  15 in total

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

Authors:  Bethany Levick; Anne Laudisoit; Floribert Tepage; Chellafe Ensoy-Musoro; Michel Mandro; Caroline Bonareri Osoro; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Jean Marie Kashama; Michel Komba; Alliance Tagoto; Dadi Falay; Michael Begon; Robert Colebunders
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2017-07-14

2.  Economic evaluations of onchocerciasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs.

Authors:  Hugo C Turner; Martin Walker; Sébastien D S Pion; Deborah A McFarland; Donald A P Bundy; María-Gloria Basáñez
Journal:  Trop Med Int Health       Date:  2019-05-09       Impact factor: 2.622

Review 3.  Nodding syndrome: recent insights into etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment.

Authors:  Amos Deogratius Mwaka; Jerome Roy Semakula; Catherine Abbo; Richard Idro
Journal:  Res Rep Trop Med       Date:  2018-05-24

4.  Epidemiology of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys of Cameroon: impact of more than 13 years of ivermectin.

Authors:  Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo; Godwin Tatah; Earnest Njih Tabah; Leonard Ngarka; Leonard Njamnshi Nfor; Samuel Eric Chokote; Michel K Mengnjo; Fidèle Dema; Aurélien Tele Sitouok; Grace Nkoro; Félicien E Ntone; Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek; Cédric B Chesnais; Michel Boussinesq; Robert Colebunders; Alfred K Njamnshi
Journal:  Infect Dis Poverty       Date:  2018-12-03       Impact factor: 4.520

Review 5.  Are current preventive chemotherapy strategies for controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases cost-effective?

Authors:  Hugo C Turner; Wilma A Stolk; Anthony W Solomon; Jonathan D King; Antonio Montresor; David H Molyneux; Jaspreet Toor
Journal:  BMJ Glob Health       Date:  2021-08

Review 6.  Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: From recent epidemiological and clinical findings to policy implications.

Authors:  Robert Colebunders; Alfred K Njamnshi; Marieke van Oijen; Deby Mukendi; Jean Marie Kashama; Michel Mandro; Nolbert Gumisiriza; Pierre-Marie Preux; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Richard Idro
Journal:  Epilepsia Open       Date:  2017-04-26

7.  From river blindness control to elimination: bridge over troubled water.

Authors:  Robert Colebunders; Maria-Gloria Basáñez; Katja Siling; Rory J Post; Anke Rotsaert; Bruno Mmbando; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Adrian Hopkins
Journal:  Infect Dis Poverty       Date:  2018-03-28       Impact factor: 4.520

8.  How Can Onchocerciasis Elimination in Africa Be Accelerated? Modeling the Impact of Increased Ivermectin Treatment Frequency and Complementary Vector Control.

Authors:  Suzanne Verver; Martin Walker; Young Eun Kim; Grace Fobi; Afework H Tekle; Honorat G M Zouré; Samuel Wanji; Daniel A Boakye; Annette C Kuesel; Sake J de Vlas; Michel Boussinesq; Maria-Gloria Basáñez; Wilma A Stolk
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2018-06-01       Impact factor: 9.079

Review 9.  Burden of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: first estimates and research priorities.

Authors:  Natalie V S Vinkeles Melchers; Sarah Mollenkopf; Robert Colebunders; Michael Edlinger; Luc E Coffeng; Julia Irani; Trésor Zola; Joseph N Siewe; Sake J de Vlas; Andrea S Winkler; Wilma A Stolk
Journal:  Infect Dis Poverty       Date:  2018-09-19       Impact factor: 4.520

10.  Onchocerca volvulus as a risk factor for developing epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a case control study.

Authors:  Michel Mandro; Patrick Suykerbuyk; Floribert Tepage; Degratias Rossy; Francoise Ngave; Mirza Nazmul Hasan; An Hotterbeekx; Germain Mambandu; Jean Marie Kashama; Anne Laudisoit; Robert Colebunders
Journal:  Infect Dis Poverty       Date:  2018-10-08       Impact factor: 4.520
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