Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of nodding syndrome in mundri county, southern Sudan

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-248

  Tumwine, J K ^a   Vandemaele, K ^b   Chungong, S ^b   Richer, M ^c   Anker, M ^d   Ayana, Y ^e   Opoka, M L ^f   Klaucke, D N ^g   Quarello, A ^h   Spencer, P S ⁱ  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c USAID Juba South Sudan Office   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e WHO South Sudan   (Sudan)

^f Disease Surveillance   (Egypt)

^g not available   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Epidemiology; Nodding; South sudan; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NODDING SYNDROME; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STUNTING; SUDAN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84872438984     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i3.1     Document Type: Article

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