Konzo prevention in six villages in the DRC and the dependence of konzo prevalence on cyanide intake and malnutrition

Six villages in Boko Health Zone, Bandundu Province, DRC, were studied with 4588 people, 144 konzo cases and konzo prevalences of 2.0–5.2%. Konzo incidence is increasing rapidly in this area. Food consumption scores were obtained from the households with konzo and the mean % malnutrition calculated...

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Autores principales: Banea, J.P., Bradbury, J. Howard, Mandombi, C., Nahimana, D., Denton, Ian C., Foster, Matthew P., Kuwa, N., Tshala Katumbay, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5598134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28962396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2015.03.014

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