DRC - An epilepsy-type epidemic detected in the district of Bas Uele in Oriental Province

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A mortal epidemic detected in the district of Bas Uele in Oriental Province

June, 24, 2014

Experts' team of the Institute of Tropical Medicine from the United States of America and the Kingdom of Belgium have just detected a mortal epidemic which children of less than five year old are the main victims...

According to him, those who are affected present symptoms of epilepsy with repeated crises resulting in a loss of consciousness. A serious illness which, being passed on by insects living along rivers, affects seriously the the cerebral system...

http://provinceorientale.cd/sec/blo...e-district-du-bas-uele-en-province-orientale/

 

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Re: DRC - An epilepsy-type epidemic detected in the district of Bas Uele in Oriental Province

This sounds like nodding syndrome:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120674

The suspicion that this syndrome is caused by the river blindness parasite, as mentioned in the above post, seems to have been discarded.