Onchocerciasis: general
Evidence-based neurology checklist on onchocerciasis: general: Pathology This is a parasitic filarial disease It is caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus The worm burrows in the skin and releases microfilaria daily It is transmitted by the black fly Simulium Clinical features…
Pathology
- This is a parasitic filarial disease
- It is caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus
- The worm burrows in the skin and releases microfilaria daily
- It is transmitted by the black fly Simulium
Clinical features
Investigation
Treatment
References
- Pion SD, Kaiser C, Boutros-Toni F, et al. Epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic areas: systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based surveys. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2009; 3:e461.
- Colebunders R, Njamnshi AK, van Oijen M, et al. Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: from recent epidemiological and clinical findings to policy implications. Epilepsia Open 2017; 2:145-152.
- Colebunders R, Mandro M, Mukendi D, Dolo H, Suykerbuyk P, Van Oijen M. Ivermectin treatment in patients with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: protocol of a randomized clinical trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2017; 6:e137.
