Epidemiology of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys of Cameroon: impact of more than 13 years of ivermectin

BACKGROUND: A high epilepsy prevalence has been reported in several onchocerciasis-endemic villages along the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys in Cameroon, including Bilomo and Kelleng. We sought to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in these two villages following more than 13 years of community-dir...

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Autores principales: Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Tatah, Godwin, Tabah, Earnest Njih, Ngarka, Leonard, Nfor, Leonard Njamnshi, Chokote, Samuel Eric, Mengnjo, Michel K., Dema, Fidèle, Sitouok, Aurélien Tele, Nkoro, Grace, Ntone, Félicien E., Bissek, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi, Chesnais, Cédric B., Boussinesq, Michel, Colebunders, Robert, Njamnshi, Alfred K.
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/PMC6276171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0497-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6276171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0497-1

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