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Onchocerciasis Prevalence among Persons with Epilepsy in an Onchocerciasis Hypo-Endemic Area in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross-Sectional Study

A high epilepsy prevalence has been reported in onchocerciasis meso- and hyper-endemic regions in sub-Saharan Africa, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We investigated whether onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy can also be suspected in onchocerciasis hypo-endemic regions. Stored s...

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Autores principales:	Hotterbeekx, An, Verdonck, Kristien, Mukendi, Deby, Lilo-Kalo, Jean-Roger, Lutumba, Pascal, Boelaert, Marleen, Hardy, Liselotte, Barbé, Barbara, Jacobs, Jan, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2021
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8063918/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805016 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040389

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