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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Potential Parasitic Causes of Epilepsy in an Onchocerciasis Endemic Area in the Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Melissa Krizia Vieri, Michel Mandro, Chiara Simona Cardellino, Pierantonio Orza, Niccolò Ronzoni, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, An Hotterbeekx, Robert Colebunders

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Melissa Krizia VieriGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3967-4945
Michel MandroDivision Provincial de la Santé, P.O. Box 57, Ituri, Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Chiara Simona CardellinoDepartment of Infectious Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (DITM), IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar di Valpolicella (Verona), Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6880-2753
Pierantonio OrzaDepartment of Infectious Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (DITM), IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar di Valpolicella (Verona), Italy.
Niccolò RonzoniDepartment of Infectious Tropical Diseases and Microbiology (DITM), IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, 37024 Negrar di Valpolicella (Verona), Italy.
Joseph Nelson Siewe FodjoGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp (Belgium) and Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN), P.O. Box 25625, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0003-3544-1239
An HotterbeekxGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3356-4032
Robert ColebundersGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-1340
University of Antwerp · BEOspedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · IT

Funding

European Research Council 671055Fondi Ricerca Corrente L3P1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A high burden of epilepsy is observed in Africa where parasitological infections are endemic. In 2016, in an Onchocerciasis endemic area in the Logo health zone, in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a door-to-door study showed an epilepsy prevalence of 4.6%, and 50.6% of persons with epilepsy were infected with

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Democratic Republic of the CongoOnchocerca volvulusonchocerciasisriver epilepsyStrongyloidesTaenia soliumToxocara canis

Identifiers

PMID33803565
PMCPMC8002919
OpenAlexW3137097518

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