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

Nodding syndrome is an epileptic disorder of unknown etiology that occurs in children in East Africa. There is an epidemiological association with Onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic worm that causes onchocerciasis (river blindness), but there is limited evidence that the parasite itself is neuroinva...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Tory P., Tyagi, Richa, Lee, Paul R., Lee, Myoung-Hwa, Johnson, Kory R., Kowalak, Jeffrey, Elkahloun, Abdel, Medynets, Marie, Hategan, Alina, Kubofcik, Joseph, Sejvar, James, Ratto, Jeffrey, Bunga, Sudhir, Makumbi, Issa, Aceng, Jane R., Nutman, Thomas B., Dowell, Scott F., Nath, Avindra
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434766/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202777
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6953
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