Onchocerca volvulus is not detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy

Onchocerca volvulus is not detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy

Objectives: Epidemiological evidence links onchocerciasis with the development of epilepsy. The aim of this study was to detect Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae or its bacterial endosymbiont, Wolbachia, in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE). Metho...

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Main Authors: An Hotterbeekx, Stephen Raimon, Gasim Abd-Elfarag, Jane Y. Carter, Wilson Sebit, Abozer Suliman, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Peter De Witte, Makoy Yibi Logora, Robert Colebunders, Samir Kumar-Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219304692

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