Christoph Kaiser

TL;DR: Examination of the relationship between onchocerciasis prevalence and that of epilepsy using available data collected at community level gives further evidence that onchokerciatic disease burden might have to be re-estimated by taking into account this relationship.

TL;DR: It was concluded that within seven months therapy with praziquantel resulted in a considerable qualitative improvement of PF in Sudanese schoolchildren with S. mansoni infection.

TL;DR: Analysis of indicators giving information on infection intensity, namely nodule palpation and quantitative microfilaria count in untreated patients, support the hypothesis that intensity of infection with O. volvulus is involved in the etiology of epilepsy.

TL;DR: For the purpose of staging sonographical abnormalities induced by Schistosoma mansoni infection in childhood, 536 patients aged 6-15 years underwent extensive sonographical examination.

TL;DR: There was a strong relation between severity of ultrasonographically detectable fibrosis with intensity of egg excretion in the 204 patients who showed periportal fibrosis, and high risk patients can be detected at a childhood stage by measuring the intensity of infection and investigating the liver by ultrasound.