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The Role of the Maridi Dam in Causing an Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy Epidemic in Maridi, South Sudan

author(s) Lakwo, T.L.. - Raimon, S. - Tionga, M. - Siewe Fodjo, J.N.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Northern Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
citation

Lakwo, T.L.; Raimon, S.; Tionga, M.; Siewe Fodjo, J.N.; Alinda, P.; Sebit, W.J.; Carter, J.Y.; Colebunders, R. The Role of the Maridi Dam in Causing an Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy Epidemic in Maridi, South Sudan: An Epidemiological, Sociological, and Entomological Study. Pathogens 2020, 9, 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9040315

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Abstract

This study also investigated the role of the Maridi dam in causing an onchocerciasis (‘river blindness’)-associated epilepsy epidemic in these villages in South Sudan. The study concluded that transmission rates are high and that suitable breeding conditions, coupled with suboptimal control measures, have played a role in causing an epilepsy (including nodding syndrome) epidemic in the Maridi area. This research was supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme

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