PRO> Undiagnosed cerebral disease - Uganda: nodding disease, autoimmune reaction

River Blindness -- Uganda
Nodding syndrome [NS] may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm _Onchocerca volvulus_. Johnson TP et al. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Feb 15;9(377). pii: eaaf6953. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6953.
Abstract:
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

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