Nodding syndrome in Uganda is a tauopathy

Overview of attention for article published in Acta Neuropathologica, September 2018

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BBC - Future - Kifafa: The mystery of East Africa’s ‘nodding disease’

BBC News, 02 Apr 2019

For the Wapogoro people, there are few worse fates than kifafa. The tribe lives in the Mahenge highlands in deepest Tanzania: a…

BBC - Future - Kifafa: The mystery of East Africa’s ‘nodding disease’

BBC News, 28 Feb 2019

For the Wapogoro people, there are few worse fates than kifafa. The tribe lives in the Mahenge highlands in deepest Tanzania: a…

Nodding syndrome in Uganda is a tauopathy.

Alzforum, 19 Oct 2018

Pollanen MS, Onzivua S, Robertson J, McKeever PM, Olawa F, Kitara DL, Fong A. Nodding syndrome in Uganda is a tauopathy.

News story from AllAfrica on Tuesday 25 September 2018

AllAfrica, 25 Sep 2018

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