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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Focus of Ongoing Onchocerciasis Transmission Close to Bangui, Central African Republic.

Eric de Smet, Salvatore Metanmo, Pascal Mbelesso, Benoit Kemata, Joseph N Siewe Fodjo, Farid Boumédiène, Hilda T Ekwoge, Emmanuel Yangatimbi, Daniel Ajzenberg, Orphee Badibanga and 2 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Eric de SmetGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Salvatore MetanmoINSERM, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, UMR 1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, 87000 Limoges, France.
Pascal MbelessoUniversity of Bangui, P. O. Box 1450, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Benoit KemataOnchocerciasis Control Programme, Neglected Disease Control Programme, P.O. Box 883, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Joseph N Siewe FodjoGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Farid BoumédièneINSERM, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, UMR 1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, 87000 Limoges, France.
Hilda T EkwogeHILPharma Organization, P.O. Box 25625, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Emmanuel YangatimbiUniversity of Bangui, P. O. Box 1450, Bangui, Central African Republic.
Daniel AjzenbergINSERM, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, UMR 1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, 87000 Limoges, France.
Orphee BadibangaAssociation to promote neurosciences (APRONES), P.O. Box 127 Kinshasa XI, Congo.
Pierre-Marie PreuxINSERM, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, UMR 1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, 87000 Limoges, France.
Robert ColebundersGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Inserm · FRUniversity of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Bangui · CF

Funding

H2020 European Research Council 671055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, there were anecdotal reports of a high number of persons with epilepsy, including children with nodding seizures in the Landja Mboko area located about 9 km from the capital city Bangui, Central African Republic. We suspected the area to be endemic for onchocerciasis, and that the alleged increase in the number of epilepsy cases was due to ongoing

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Central African RepublicchildrenepilepsyOnchocerciasisOv16 seroprevalence

Identifiers

PMID32365847
PMCPMC7281167
OpenAlexW3021636404

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