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Prevalence and incidence of nodding syndrome and other forms of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in northern Uganda after the implementation of onchocerciasis control measures

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020年第2期9卷 93-93页

作者： Nolbert Gumisiriza Frank Mubiru Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo martin mbonye kayitale An Hotterbeekx Richard Idro Issa Makumbi Tom Lakwo Bernard Opar Joice Kaducu Joseph Francis Wamala Robert Colebunders 不详 Global Health Institute University of AntwerpAntwerpBelgium Full list of author information is available at the end of the article

Background:Around 2007,a nodding syndrome(NS)epidemic appeared in onchocerciasis-endemic districts of northern Uganda,where ivermeain mass distribution had never been *** study evaluated the effect of community-directed treatment with ivermectin(CDTI)and ground larviciding of rivers initiated after 2009 and 2012 respectively,on the epidemiology of NS and other forms of epilepsy(OFE)in some districts of northern ***:In 2012,a population-based community survey of NS/epilepsy was carried out by the Ugandan Ministry of Health in Kitgum and Pader *** August 2017,we conducted a new survey in selected villages of these districts and compared our findings with the 2012 *** addition,two villages in Moyo distria(where CDTI was ongoing since 1993)served as comparative onchocerciasis-endemic sites in which larviciding had never been *** comparison between 2012 and 2017 prevalence and cumulative incidence were done using the Fisher's and Pearson's Chi-square tests at 95%level of ***:A total of 2138 individuals in 390 households were *** the seleaed villages of Kitgum and Pader,there was no significant decrease in prevalence of NS and OFE between 2012 and ***,the cumulative incidence of all forms of epilepsy decreased from 1165 to 130 per 100000 persons per year(P=0.002);that of NS decreased from 490 to 43 per 100000 persons per year(P=0.037);and for OFE from 675 to 87 per 100000 persons per year(P=0.024).The median age of affeaed persons(NS and OFE)shifted from 13.5(IQR:11.0-15.0)years in 2012 to 18.0(IQR:15.0-20.3)years in 2017;P<*** age-standardized prevalence of OFE in Moyo in 2017 was 4.6%,similar to 4.5%in Kitgum and ***:Our findings support the growing evidence of a relationship between infection by Onchocerca volvulus and some types of childhood epilepsy,and suggest that a combination of bi-annual mass distribution of ivermectin and ground larviciding of rivers is an

关键词： Nodding syndrome Epilepsy Onchocerciasis Prevalence Incidence Ivermeain Larviciding Uganda

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