Nodding disease
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nodding-disease-166-5758123
title:
Nodding disease
text:
Nodding disease, also known as nodding syndrome, is a mentally and physically disabling disease that affects children aged 3 and above, continuing into adulthood. It was first described in 1962 in secluded mountainous regions of Tanzania, with sporadic outbreaks in the decades since in South Sudan, Uganda, and again in Sudan with its largest outbreak from 2016 to present. Since 2019 cases have been identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Cameroon. Its cau
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodding_disease
date created:
2006-12-11T19:02:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:45:31Z
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image:
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