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Nodding disease: mystery of southern Sudan

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    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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