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cbayer

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7. Response from my daughter with the CDC in Kenya about this

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:27 PM

Mar 2012

Nodding Disease is bad news. The etiology is still a mystery. "Zombie disease" is not a correct characterization though...typical of the media! Atlanta and CDC Uganda have conducted several epi investigations - and as far as I know, the data is still being analyzed (with more studies proposed), but risk factors are pointing towards exposure to Onchocerca Volvulus and possibly vitamin deficiencies. It's only been reported in parts of Uganda and Sudan (maybe Somalia too?). Lots of questions still to be answered.

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Baffling Illness Strikes Africa, Turns Children Into Violent "Zombies" [View all] n2doc Mar 2012 OP

Sounds like a form of encephalitis... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #1

CDC is being ratcheted down due to budget cuts. cbayer Mar 2012 #4

I've read about this in other articles Warpy Mar 2012 #5

This was my nightmare last week.. liberalmuse Mar 2012 #2

Thousands of children?? cbayer Mar 2012 #3

It sounds like some sort of brain infection... MineralMan Mar 2012 #6

Response from my daughter with the CDC in Kenya about this cbayer Mar 2012 #7