Prevalence of onchocerciasis and epilepsy in a Tanzanian region after a prolonged community-directed treatment with ivermectin

• Vivian P. Mushi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-3057

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• Dan Bhwana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Isolide S. Massawe,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Williams Makunde,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Hillary Sebukoto,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Willison Ngasa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tanga Regional Referral Hospital, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Joel Sengerema,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bumbuli District Council, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Athanas Mhina,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Paul M. Hayuma,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Henrika Kimambo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Winifrida Kidima,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• William Matuja,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Josemir W. Sander,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG & Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, London, United Kingdom, Neurology Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN), Heemstede, The Netherlands

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• Helen Cross,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Developmental Neurosciences Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

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• Arjune Sen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Oxford Epilepsy Research Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Robert Colebunders,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Charles R. Newton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Oxford Epilepsy Research Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Neuroscience Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Bruno P. Mmbando ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bruno.mmbando@nimr.or.tz

  Affiliation Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7232-8708

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• EPInA Study Group

  ¶Membership of EPInA Study Group is provided in Supporting Information file S1 Acknowledgments.

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