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High prevalence of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in villages in Maridi County, Republic of South Sudan: A community-based survey

PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence and incidence of epilepsy in an onchocerciasis endemic region of South Sudan. METHODS: In May 2018, a door-to-door household survey was conducted in 8 study sites in an onchocerciasis endemic area in Maridi County. RESULTS: A total of 2511 households agreed to pa...

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Autores principales:	Colebunders, Robert, Y Carter, Jane, Olore, Peter Claver, Puok, Kai, Bhattacharyya, Samit, Menon, Sonia, Abd-Elfarag, Gasim, Ojok, Morrish, Ensoy-Musoro, Chellafe, Lako, Richard, Logora, Makoy Yibi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Elsevier 2018
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6291739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30468964 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2018.11.004

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