ReviewSeminars in pediatric neurology2014
Overview of the effect and epidemiology of parasitic central nervous system infections in African children.
Review in Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parasitic Infections and Associated Cognitive Outcome Among School-Aged Children in Africa: A Systematic Review.Brain and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Associations of mental disorders and neurotropic parasitic diseases: a meta-analysis in developing and emerging countries.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Oral findings in children with chronic neurological disorders attending Paediatric Neurology Clinic, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Nigeria.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of protozoan parasite infections among patients with mental health disorders: an overlooked phenomenon.Gut pathogens · 2024Review
- Epidemiology of free-living amoebae infections in Africa: a review.Pathogens and global health · 2023Review
- Intramedullary parasite eggs, latent for three decades, mimicking acute transverse myelitis.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Parasite infections, neuroinflammation, and potential contributions of gut microbiota.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Neurocysticercosis in Epileptic Children: An Overlooked Condition in Mozambique, Challenges in Diagnosis, Management and Research Priorities.EC microbiology · 2021Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Infections of the central nervous system are a significant cause of neurologic dysfunction in resource-limited countries, especially in Africa. The prevalence is not known and is most likely underestimated because of the lack of access to accurate diagnostic screens. For children, the legacy of subsequent neurodisability, which affects those who survive, is a major cause of the burden of disease in Africa. Of the parasitic infections with unique effect in Africa, cerebral malaria, neurocysticercosis, human African trypanosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, and schistosomiasis are largely preventable conditions, which are rarely seen in resource-equipped settings. This article reviews the current understandings of these parasitic and other rarer infections, highlighting the specific challenges in relation to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and the complications of coinfection.
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