Attitudes and perceptions towards epilepsy in an onchocerciasis-endemic region of Tanzania: a mixed approach to determine the magnitude and driving factors

Authors: Vivian P. Mushi, Winifrida Kidima, Isolide S. Massawe, Pendo F. Magili, Dan Bhwana, Rahel Elishilia Kaaya, Henrika Kimambo, Herieth F. Hyera, William Matuja, Arjune Sen, Josemir W. Sander, Robert Colebunders, Sloan Mahone, Charles R. Newton, Bruno P. Mmbando, EPInA Study Group

Source: BMC Public Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2024)

Subject Terms: Attitudes, Perceptions, Epilepsy, Stigma, Onchocerciasis, Mahenge, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/540104b30e1c4018ae056a42d69a31dc

Modeling the determinants of attrition in a two-stage epilepsy prevalence survey in Nairobi using machine learning

Authors: Daniel M. Mwanga, Isaac C. Kipchirchir, George O. Muhua, Charles R. Newton, Damazo T. Kadengye, Abankwah Junior, Albert Akpalu, Arjune Sen, Bruno Mmbando, Cynthia Sottie, Dan Bhwana, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Daniel Nana Yaw, David McDaid, Dorcas Muli, Emmanuel Darkwa, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Gershim Asiki, Gergana Manolova, Guillaume Pages, Helen Cross, Henrika Kimambo, Isolide S. Massawe, Josemir W. Sander, Mary Bitta, Mercy Atieno, Neerja Chowdhary, Patrick Adjei, Peter O. Otieno, Ryan Wagner, Richard Walker, Sabina Asiamah, Samuel Iddi, Simone Grassi, Sloan Mahone, Sonia Vallentin, Stella Waruingi, Symon Kariuki, Tarun Dua, Thomas Kwasa, Timothy Denison, Tony Godi, Vivian Mushi, William Matuja

Source: Global Epidemiology, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 100183- (2025)

Subject Terms: Machine learning, Attrition, Loss to follow-up, Urban settlements, Epilepsy, Prevalence, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259011332500001X; https://doaj.org/toc/2590-1133

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Characteristics of people with epilepsy in three Eastern African countries – a pooled analysis

Authors: Dominik Stelzle, Joyce Kaducu, Veronika Schmidt, Tamara M. Welte, Bernard J. Ngowi, William Matuja, Gabrielle Escheu, Peter Hauke, Vivien Richter, Emilio Ovuga, Bettina Pfausler, Erich Schmutzhard, Action Amos, Wendy Harrison, Luise Keller, Andrea S. Winkler

Source: BMC Neurology, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)

Subject Terms: Epilepsy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Global health, Treatment gap, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2377

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/3e542488f84844af9aa605bfb34b165f

Development and validation of a diagnostic aid for convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective case-control study

Authors: Gabriel Davis Jones, MD, Symon M Kariuki, PhD, Anthony K Ngugi, PhD, Angelina Kakooza Mwesige, PhD, Honorati Masanja, PhD, Seth Owusu-Agyei, ProfPhD, Ryan Wagner, PhD, J Helen Cross, ProfMD, Josemir W Sander, ProfPhD, Charles R Newton, ProfMD, Arjune Sen, ProfPhD, Hanna Abban, Patrick Adjei, Ken Ae-Ngibise, Francis Agbokey, Lisa Aissaoui, Albert Akpalu, Bright Akpalu, Sabina Asiamah, Gershim Asiki, Mercy Atieno, Evasius Bauni, Dan Bhwana, Mary Bitta, Christian Bottomley, Martin Chabi, Eddie Chengo, Neerja Chowdhary, Myles Connor, Helen Cross, Mark Collinson, Emmanuel Darkwa, Timothy Denison, Victor Doku, Tarun Dua, Isaac Egesa, Tony Godi, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Simone Grassi, Samuel Iddi, Daniel Nana Yaw Abankwah Junior, Kathleen Kahn, Angelina Kakooza, Symon Kariuki, Gathoni Kamuyu, Clarah Khalayi, Henrika Kimambo, Immo Kleinschmidt, Thomas Kwasa, Sloan Mahone, Gergana Manolova, Honorati Masanja, Alexander Mathew, William Matuja, David McDaid, Bruno Mmbando, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Dorcas Muli, Victor Mung'ala Odera, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Vivian Mushi, Anthony Ngugi, Peter Odermatt, Rachael Odhiambo, James O Mageto, Peter Otieno, Seth Owusu-Agyei, George Pariyo, Stefan Peterson, Josemir Sander, Arjune Sen, Cynthia Sottie, Isolide Sylvester, Stephen Tollman, Yvonne Thoya, Rhian Twine, Sonia Vallentin, Ryan Wagner, Richard Walker, Stella Waruingi

Source: The Lancet: Digital Health, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp e185-e193 (2023)

Subject Terms: Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589750022002552; https://doaj.org/toc/2589-7500

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Correction: Characteristics of people with epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in three eastern African countries-A pooled analysis.

Authors: Dominik Stelzle, Veronika Schmidt, Luise Keller, Bernard J Ngowi, William Matuja, Gabrielle Escheu, Peter Hauke, Vivien Richter, Emilio Ovuga, Bettina Pfausler, Erich Schmutzhard, Action Amos, Wendy Harrison, Joyce Kaducu, Andrea S Winkler

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 1, p e0011101 (2023)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011101&type=printable; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/21574d035cbf47f5bbbc639a48bb5b0a

Characteristics of people with epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in three eastern African countries-A pooled analysis.

Authors: Dominik Stelzle, Veronika Schmidt, Luise Keller, Bernard J Ngowi, William Matuja, Gabrielle Escheu, Peter Hauke, Vivien Richter, Emilio Ovuga, Bettina Pfausler, Erich Schmutzhard, Action Amos, Wendy Harrison, Joyce Kaducu, Andrea S Winkler

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0010870 (2022)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/0258620894144bbfbe62f0a5f935c4aa

Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: another piece in the puzzle from the Mahenge mountains, southern Tanzania

Authors: Christoph Kaiser, Bruno P. Mmbando, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Mohamed Mnacho, Advocatus Kakorozya, William Matuja, Adam Hendy, Helena Greter, Williams H. Makunde, Robert Colebunders

Source: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)

Subject Terms: Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-019-0545-5; https://doaj.org/toc/2049-9957

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Correction: Characteristics of people with epilepsy in three Eastern African countries – a pooled analysis

Authors: Dominik Stelzle, Joyce Kaducu, Veronika Schmidt, Tamara M. Welte, Bernard J. Ngowi, William Matuja, Gabrielle Escheu, Peter Hauke, Vivien Richter, Emilio Ovuga, Bettina Pfausler, Erich Schmutzhard, Action Amos, Wendy Harrison, Luise Keller, Andrea S. Winkler

Source: BMC Neurology, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2022)

Subject Terms: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2377

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/bc6bd6a9337a42f48e7bec3c202884fb

Lifetime prevalence of epilepsy in urban Tanzania – A door-to-door random cluster survey

Authors: Dominik Stelzle, Veronika Schmidt, Bernard J. Ngowi, William Matuja, Erich Schmutzhard, Andrea S. Winkler

Source: eNeurologicalSci, Vol 24, Iss , Pp 100352- (2021)

Subject Terms: Epilepsy, Global health, Epidemiology, Census, Seizures, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650221000447; https://doaj.org/toc/2405-6502

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High prevalence of epilepsy in two rural onchocerciasis endemic villages in the Mahenge area, Tanzania, after 20 years of community directed treatment with ivermectin

Authors: Bruno P. Mmbando, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Mohamed Mnacho, Advocatus Kakorozya, William Matuja, Adam Hendy, Helena Greter, Williams H. Makunde, Robert Colebunders

Source: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)

Subject Terms: Epilepsy, Onchocerciasis, Mahenge, Tanzania, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0450-3; https://doaj.org/toc/2049-9957

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/29dd9c0bf0524f24bcb06fea39dfc24e

Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in urban settings: Epidemiological evidence from a health-center based study among people with epilepsy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Authors: Veronika Schmidt, Marie-Claire O'Hara, Bernard Ngowi, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, John Noh, Patricia Procell Wilkins, Vivien Richter, Christian Kositz, William Matuja, Andrea Sylvia Winkler

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 12, p e0007751 (2019)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6520abdec0b943639c2074792202f58e

A cross-sectional study of people with epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in Tanzania: clinical characteristics and diagnostic approaches.

Authors: Joachim Blocher, Erich Schmutzhard, Patricia P Wilkins, Paige N Gupton, Matthias Schaffert, Herbert Auer, Thaddaeus Gotwald, William Matuja, Andrea S Winkler

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 6, p e1185 (2011)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3110162?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/60533429095e471bbd8fc4384c289a04

Nodding Syndrome

Authors: Scott F. Dowell, James J. Sejvar, Lul Riek, Katelijn A.H. Vandemaele, Margaret Lamunu, Annette C. Kuesel, Erich Schmutzhard, William Matuja, Sudhir Bunga, Jennifer Foltz, Thomas B. Nutman, Andrea S. Winkler, Anthony K. Mbonye

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 9, Pp 1374-1373 (2013)

Subject Terms: Nodding syndrome, head nodding, seizures, onchocerciasis, parasites, epilepsy, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/9/13-0401_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/7b01f310b2824026a3436107ef9e4da1

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In-Hospital Risk Estimation in Children with Malaria--Early Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality.

Authors: Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Georg Salmhofer, Raimund Helbok, Festus Kalokola, William Matuja, Erich Schmutzhard

Source: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics; Jun2008, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p184-184, 1p

Subject Terms: MALARIA, JUVENILE diseases, THERAPEUTICS, DISEASE risk factors