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SDSU Virologist Suggests Nodding Disease Caused by Fly
John Mokili is from the area where the disease seems to have taken a hold, in which children affected have seizures and nod their heads.
By Mirna Alfonso (Patch Staff) February 4, 2015 at 4:54pm
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, they call it ?epupuluga.?
To Western medicine, it?s known as nodding syndrome. Several thousand people have come down with this terrifying, fatal disease over the past several years in various Central African countries, yet nobody knows what causes it.
Last year, San Diego State University virologist John Mokili and some of his international colleagues recently journeyed to the affected region to collect samples in hopes of learning whether an unknown virus is behind the disease. Using cutting-edge genomic techniques, they?re on the cusp of finding an answer...
SDSU Virologist Suggests Nodding Disease Caused by Fly
John Mokili is from the area where the disease seems to have taken a hold, in which children affected have seizures and nod their heads.
By Mirna Alfonso (Patch Staff) February 4, 2015 at 4:54pm
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, they call it ?epupuluga.?
To Western medicine, it?s known as nodding syndrome. Several thousand people have come down with this terrifying, fatal disease over the past several years in various Central African countries, yet nobody knows what causes it.
Last year, San Diego State University virologist John Mokili and some of his international colleagues recently journeyed to the affected region to collect samples in hopes of learning whether an unknown virus is behind the disease. Using cutting-edge genomic techniques, they?re on the cusp of finding an answer...