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Potential Parasitic Causes of Epilepsy in an Onchocerciasis Endemic Area in the Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

A high burden of epilepsy is observed in Africa where parasitological infections are endemic. In 2016, in an Onchocerciasis endemic area in the Logo health zone, in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a door-to-door study showed an epilepsy prevalence of 4.6%, and 50.6% of persons wi...

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Autores principales:	Vieri, Melissa Krizia, Mandro, Michel, Cardellino, Chiara Simona, Orza, Pierantonio, Ronzoni, Niccolò, Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Hotterbeekx, An, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2021
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8002919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803565 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10030359

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