TY - JOUR
T1 - Nodding syndrome
T2 - 2015 International Conference Report and Gulu Accord
AU - Spencer, P. S.
AU - Kitara, D. L.
AU - Gazda, S. K.
AU - Winkler, A. S.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Louise Jilek-Aall for her pioneering work on, and continuing contributions to, the solution of Nodding syndrome. We also thank (a) Collines Angwech, Kristine Buchman, Robert Colebunders, Nono Denis, Gina Gora-Stahlberg, Nolbert Gumisiriza, Adam Hendy, Julia Irani, Josua Kegele, Michel Mandro, Mbonye Martin, Rajarshi Mazumder, Alfred Njamnshi, Funmilayo Olaoye, Sarah O'Neill, Valerie Palmer, Erich Schmutzhard, Innocent Semali, Floribert Tepage, Taylor Tushar and Thomas Wagner for their research and other contributions; (b) Cate Bishop for website and program design, (c) the local organizing committee of Gulu University, (d) the Hope for HumaNS Uganda team and Odek Comprehensive Care Center, which is dedicated to the needs of children with Nodding syndrome, and (e) the leadership of Gulu District and Kitgum District, especially the community of Tumangu, for their support and contributions. Funding for the conference was generously donated by Kindness for Kids and Third World Medical Research Foundation . Peter Spencer is supported by USPHS grant NIH EUREKA R01 NS079276 .
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Nodding syndrome is a pediatric epileptic encephalopathy of apparent environmental origin that was first described in Tanzania, with recent epidemics in South Sudan and Uganda. Following a brief description of the medical geography, setting and case definition of this progressive brain disorder, we report recent advances relating to etiology, diagnosis and treatment described in papers given at the 2nd International Conference on Nodding Syndrome held in July 2015 in Gulu, Uganda. The target audience for this report includes: anthropologists, entomologists, epileptologists, health care workers, helminthologists, medical researchers, neuroepidemiologists, neurologists, neuroscientists, neuropathologists, nurses, nutritional scientists, primary health care physicians, psychiatrists, public health practitioners, toxicologists, and virologists.
AB - Nodding syndrome is a pediatric epileptic encephalopathy of apparent environmental origin that was first described in Tanzania, with recent epidemics in South Sudan and Uganda. Following a brief description of the medical geography, setting and case definition of this progressive brain disorder, we report recent advances relating to etiology, diagnosis and treatment described in papers given at the 2nd International Conference on Nodding Syndrome held in July 2015 in Gulu, Uganda. The target audience for this report includes: anthropologists, entomologists, epileptologists, health care workers, helminthologists, medical researchers, neuroepidemiologists, neurologists, neuroscientists, neuropathologists, nurses, nutritional scientists, primary health care physicians, psychiatrists, public health practitioners, toxicologists, and virologists.
KW - Epilepsy
KW - Nodding syndrome
KW - Tropical neurology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ensci.2015.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ensci.2015.11.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976547746
SN - 2405-6502
VL - 3
SP - 80
EP - 83
JO - eNeurologicalSci
JF - eNeurologicalSci
ER -