Nodding syndrome - South Sudan, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 52-54

  Reik, Lul ^a   Abubakar, Abdinasir ^b   Opoka, Martin ^b   Mindra, Godwin ^c   Sejvar, James ^d   Dowell, Scott F ^e   Navarro Colorado, Carlos ^e   Sudan, South ^b   Blanton, Curtis ^e   Ratto, Jeffrey ^e   Bunga, Sudhir ^f   Foltz, Jennifer ^f  

^a Ministry of Health   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Div of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology   (Switzerland)

^e Div of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response   (Switzerland)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HEAD; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUDAN; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEAD; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SUDAN; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856457765     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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