Farm Animals in Uganda Might Cause Infant Hydrocephalus

An international team of researchers from Uganda and the United States say that hydrocephalus in Ugandan children and other developing countries is seasonal, linked to farm animals and in part, caused by previous bacterial infection They believe that the best approach to this problem is prevention."Hydrocephalus in infants in developing countries is a grand medical mystery," said Steven Schiff, the Brush Chair professor of engineering and director, PennState Center for Neural Engineering. Hydrocephalus ...