The impact of imperfect screening tools on measuring the prevalence of epilepsy and headaches in Burkina Faso

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy and progressively worsening severe chronic headaches (WSCH) are the two most common clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis, a form of cysticercosis. Most community-based studies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) use a two-step approach (questionnaire and confirmation) to estima...

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Autores principales: Sahlu, Ida, Bauer, Cici, Ganaba, Rasmané, Preux, Pierre-Marie, Cowan, Linda D., Dorny, Pierre, Millogo, Athanase, Carabin, Hélène
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6353216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30653519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007109

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6353216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30653519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007109

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