NewsdeskNodding disease: mystery of southern Sudan
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2018, SeizureCitation Excerpt :A high prevalence of epilepsy has been reported in many onchocerciasis meso- and hyper-endemic regions (>20% prevalence of onchocerca nodules) in Africa [3–11]. High numbers of persons with nodding syndrome (NS) and other forms of epilepsy have been reported in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan [8,12–17]. Since the first cases of NS were reported in 1990 in this region of South Sudan, a high rate of new NS cases and other forms of epilepsy have been reported [14].
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2016, International Journal of Infectious DiseasesCitation Excerpt :Nodding syndrome is a devastating neurological disorder. First reported in Tanzania in the 1960s,1 subsequent reports have come from South Sudan2–4 and Uganda.5,6 An estimated 10 000 children are affected in these three countries, of whom 3320 are in Uganda.
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