Modelling onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy and the impact of ivermectin treatment on its prevalence and incidence

Abstract Retrospective cohort studies in Cameroon found an association between Onchocerca volvulus microfilarial load in childhood (measured in 1991–1993) and risk of developing epilepsy later in life (measured in 2017). We parameterised and integrated this relationship (across children aged 3–15 ye...

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Những tác giả chính: Jacob N. Stapley, Jonathan I. D. Hamley, Martin Walker, Matthew A. Dixon, Robert Colebunders, Maria-Gloria Basáñez
Định dạng: Bài viết
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Loạt:Nature Communications
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50582-9