High prevalence of epilepsy in two rural onchocerciasis endemic villages in the Mahenge area, Tanzania, after 20 years of community directed treatment with ivermectin

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder with a multitude of underlying causes, which may include infection with Onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic worm that causes human onchocerciasis. A survey carried out in 1989 revealed a high prevalence of epilepsy (1.02% overall, ranging from 0.51 to 3...

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Autores principales: Mmbando, Bruno P., Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Mnacho, Mohamed, Kakorozya, Advocatus, Matuja, William, Hendy, Adam, Greter, Helena, Makunde, Williams H., Colebunders, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6009039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0450-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6009039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0450-3

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