Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is an important neglected public health problem
in areas with high ongoing onchocerciasis transmission. The risk that children in such areas …

Epilepsy is a global disease with an unequal distribution. About 80% of the affected
individuals reside in low and middle income countries. The incidence and prevalence of …

Epilepsy is a brain disease characterized by abnormal electrical activity causing seizures or
unusual behaviour, sensations and sometimes loss of awareness. It carries neurological …

BACKGROUND: Estimates of children and adolescents with disabilities worldwide are
needed to inform global intervention under the disability-inclusive provisions of the …

Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is an important but neglected public health
problem in onchocerciasis-endemic areas with insufficient or inadequate onchocerciasis …

Background Many studies have suggested that onchocerciasis might be associated with
epilepsy. Therefore, we did a cohort study to assess the incidence of epilepsy relative to …

To confirm our earlier evidence of a temporal and dose–response relationship between
onchocerciasis and epilepsy, we conducted another cohort study in a different setting in …

Current onchocerciasis elimination programmes do not include identification and
management of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) in their strategies. Creating …

Genetic epilepsy occurs as a result of mutations in either a single gene or an interplay of
different genes. These mutations have been detected in ion channel and non-ion channel …

Background A high epilepsy prevalence has been reported in several onchocerciasis-
endemic villages along the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys in Cameroon, including Bilomo …