Unravelling the mysterious onchocerciasis-nodding syndrome link: new developments and future challenges

Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
² Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Department of Women's & Children's Health, Neuropediatric Research Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Editorial

Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;5(24):486.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.09.36.

Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige^{1

2}

¹ Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
² Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Department of Women's & Children's Health, Neuropediatric Research Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus.
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