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High prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: An increased prevalence of epilepsy has been reported in many onchocerciasis endemic areas. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and investigate whether a higher annual intake...

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Autores principales:	Levick, Bethany, Laudisoit, Anne, Tepage, Floribert, Ensoy-Musoro, Chellafe, Mandro, Michel, Bonareri Osoro, Caroline, Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Kashama, Jean Marie, Komba, Michel, Tagoto, Alliance, Falay, Dadi, Begon, Michael, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5529017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28708828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005732

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