Impact of 19 years of mass drug administration with ivermectin on epilepsy burden in a hyperendemic onchocerciasis area in Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Surveys conducted in 1991–1992 in the Mbam Valley (Cameroon) revealed that onchocerciasis was highly endemic, with community microfilarial loads (CMFL) > 100 microfilariae/snip in some villages. Also in 1991–1992, a survey of suspected cases of epilepsy (SCE) found 746 SCE using a que...

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Autores principales: Boullé, Charlotte, Njamnshi, Alfred K., Dema, Fidèle, Mengnjo, Michel K., Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Bissek, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi, Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Lenou-Nanga, Cédric G., Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C., Kamgno, Joseph, Chesnais, Cédric B., Boussinesq, Michel, Colebunders, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6423875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30890155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3345-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6423875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30890155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3345-7

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