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This research investigates the link between the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus and neurological diseases, including epilepsy. It aims to explore the role of a newly discovered virus in these conditions and its implications for diagnosis and treatment.
Filarial parasites cause over 200 million infections globally.
Filarial morbidity was presumably limited to the skin, eyes, and lymphatic vessels.
However, my research generated evidence that Onchocerca volvulus infection also induces neurological disease including Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy (OAE).
However, the causal mechanisms for neurological symptoms linked to O. volvulus infection are still unknown.Recently my research group co-discovered a virus (OVRV1) within O. volvulus.
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