| could neurocysticercosis be the cause of "onchocerciasis-associated" epileptic seizures? | we conducted a nodule prevalence survey in four onchocerciasis sentinel communities in moyo and two in kanungu districts of uganda. seven (33.3%) out of 21 excised "onchocercomas" (nodules) in moyo district and excised onchocercomas from four of six persons in kanungu district turned out to be cysts of taenia solium. we concluded that the prediction of nodule prevalence for noninvasive rapid epidemiologic assessment (rea) to target areas for mass chemotherapy with ivermectin in the african progr ... | 2008 | 18337333 |