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

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Highlights • Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae were not detected in the cerebrospinal fluid.• The pathophysiology of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy remains to be elucidated.• Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy may be mediated by an (auto)immune mechanism. Click to show full abstract

Highlights • Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae were not detected in the cerebrospinal fluid.• The pathophysiology of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy remains to be elucidated.• Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy may be mediated by an (auto)immune mechanism.

Keywords: onchocerciasis associated; detected cerebrospinal; onchocerca volvulus; associated epilepsy; cerebrospinal fluid

Journal Title: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2019

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