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Prevalence of epilepsy in the onchocerciasis endemic middle belt of Ghana after 27 years of mass drug administration with ivermectin

BACKGROUND: In onchocerciasis-endemic areas with high ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission, a high prevalence of epilepsy has been reported. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of epilepsy in the Bono Region of Ghana following 27 years of implementation of i...

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Autores principales:	Otabil, Kenneth Bentum, Ankrah, Blessing, Bart-Plange, Emmanuel John, Donkoh, Emmanuel Sam, Avarikame, Fiona Amoabil, Ofori-Appiah, Fredrick Obeng, Babae, Theophilus Nti, Kudzordzi, Prince-Charles, Darko, Vera Achiaa, Ameyaw, Joseph, Bamfo, Joseph Gyekye, Sakibu, Raji Abdul, Antwi-Berko, Daniel, Fodjo, Joseph Nelson Siewe, Basáñez, María-Gloria, Schallig, Henk D. F. H., Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2023
Materias:	Short Report
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10433588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37587500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01117-9

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