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High prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic health areas in Democratic Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: A high prevalence of epilepsy has been observed in many onchocerciasis endemic regions. This study is to estimate the prevalence of active epilepsy and exposure to Onchocerca volvulus infection in a rural population in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. METHODS: In August 2016...

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Autores principales:	Lenaerts, Evy, Mandro, Michel, Mukendi, Deby, Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Dolo, Housseini, Wonya’Rossi, Deogratias, Ngave, Françoise, Ensoy-Musoro, Chellafe, Laudisoit, Anne, Hotterbeekx, An, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30064504 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0452-1

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