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Performance of a Fully-automated System on a WHO Malaria Microscopy Evaluation Slide Set
(BMC, 2021-02-25)
Background: Manual microscopy remains a widely-used tool for malaria diagnosis and clinical studies, but it has
inconsistent quality in the feld due to variability in training and feld practices. Automated diagnostic ...
Onchocerca Volvulus is not Detected in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Persons with Onchocerciasis-associated Epilepsy
(Elsevier, 2019-12)
Objectives: Epidemiological evidence links onchocerciasis with the development of epilepsy. The aim of this study was to detect Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae or its bacterial endosymbiont, Wolbachia, in the cerebrospinal ...
Persons with Onchocerciasis-associated Epilepsy and Nodding Seizures Have a More Severe Form of Epilepsy with More Cognitive Impairment and Higher Levels of Onchocerca volvulus Infection
(Epileptic Disorders, 2020-06)
Aims. Following previous reports of very high epilepsy
prevalence in the onchocerciasis-endemic villages in Maridi County, South
Sudan, a study was conducted to investigate the association between the
level of Onchocerca ...