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Onchocerca volvulus is not detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy

OBJECTIVES: Epidemiological evidence links onchocerciasis with the development of epilepsy. The aim of this study was to detect Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae or its bacterial endosymbiont, Wolbachia, in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE). METHO...

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Autores principales: Hotterbeekx, An, Raimon, Stephen, Abd-Elfarag, Gasim, Carter, Jane Y., Sebit, Wilson, Suliman, Abozer, Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, De Witte, Peter, Logora, Makoy Yibi, Colebunders, Robert, Kumar-Singh, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31786246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.11.029