Africa’s walking dead: Mystery of horrific ‘nodding’ disease that turns children into zombies

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120903/Mystery-nodding-disease-turning-children-zombies-Uganda.html Illness has baffled experts from the World Health Organisation By Suzannah Hills UPDATED: 08:12 EST, 27 March 2012 A mystery disease is turning an increasing number of children in east Africa into zombies. The condition, known by locals as the ‘nodding disease’, drastically alters children’s personalities by making them withdrawn and confused. One of […]

‘Nodding disease’ confounds experts, kills children

http://news.yahoo.com/nodding-disease-confounds-experts-kills-children-133016632.html By Max Delany | AFP – 15 hrs ago Patrick Anywar, 14, lies curled up naked in the dust and midday heat of a Ugandan village, struggling to look up at his younger brother and sister playing in front of the family home. After a minute’s effort to face his siblings, Anywar’s head slumps onto his […]