ArticleBrain communications2023
Parasitic, bacterial, viral, immune-mediated, metabolic and nutritional factors associated with nodding syndrome.
Article in Brain communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Nodding syndrome cerebrospinal fluid proteome: a lens into neurodevelopmental failure consistent with environmentally triggeredFrontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Article
- Performance of novel onchocerciasis rapid diagnostic tests in a field setting in South Sudan.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Active infection with Onchocerca volvulus and the linkage to epilepsy/nodding syndrome.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Filarial disease in the Brazilian Amazon and emerging opportunities for treatment and control.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2024Review
- Response to: 'Methodological challenges for conducting case control studies to investigate the association between onchocerciasis and epilepsy including nodding syndrome'.Brain communications · 2024Article
- Methodological challenges for conducting case-control studies to investigate the association between onchocerciasis and epilepsy including nodding syndrome.Brain communications · 2024Article
- New clues to the elusive aetiology of nodding syndrome.Brain communications · 2023Article
- Nodding syndrome, populations at risk need to be aware this is a preventable condition.Brain communications · 2023Article
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24 authors.
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Abstract
Nodding syndrome is a neglected, disabling and potentially fatal epileptic disorder of unknown aetiology affecting thousands of individuals mostly confined to Eastern sub-Saharan Africa. Previous studies have identified multiple associations-including
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