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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Onchocerciasis Prevalence among Persons with Epilepsy in an Onchocerciasis Hypo-Endemic Area in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross-Sectional Study.

An Hotterbeekx, Kristien Verdonck, Deby Mukendi, Jean-Roger Lilo-Kalo, Pascal Lutumba, Marleen Boelaert, Liselotte Hardy, Barbara Barbé, Jan Jacobs, Emmanuel Bottieau and 1 more

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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
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 61% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

An HotterbeekxGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3356-4032
Kristien VerdonckDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1153-4078
Deby MukendiInstitut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Av. De la Démocratie N°5345, 1197 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Jean-Roger Lilo-KaloInstitut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Av. De la Démocratie N°5345, 1197 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pascal LutumbaInstitut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Av. De la Démocratie N°5345, 1197 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Marleen BoelaertDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.
Liselotte HardyDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.
Barbara BarbéDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.
Jan JacobsDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.
Emmanuel BottieauDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.
Robert ColebundersGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-1340
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEUniversity of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Kinshasa · CDNational Institute of Biomedical Research · CD

Funding

European Research Council ERC 671055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A high epilepsy prevalence has been reported in onchocerciasis meso- and hyper-endemic regions in sub-Saharan Africa, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We investigated whether onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy can also be suspected in onchocerciasis hypo-endemic regions. Stored serum samples from 342 patients admitted with recent onset neurological symptoms admitted to Mosango general hospital, in the Kwilu province, DRC, between 2012 and 2015 were screened for onchocerciasis (OV16) antibodies by ELISA and

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antibodiescross-sectional studyDemocratic Republic of CongoepilepsyOnchocerca volvulusonchocerciasisprevalenceTaenia solium

Identifiers

PMID33805016
PMCPMC8063918
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