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High Prevalence of Epilepsy in an Onchocerciasis-Endemic Area in Mvolo County, South Sudan: A Door-To-Door Survey

In June 2020, a door-to-door household survey was conducted in Mvolo County, an onchocerciasis-endemic area in South Sudan. A total of 2357 households containing 15,699 individuals agreed to participate in the study. Of these, 5046 (32.1%, 95% CI: 31.4–32.9%) had skin itching and 445 (2.8%, 95% CI:...

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Autores principales:	Raimon, Stephen, Dusabimana, Alfred, Abd-Elfarag, Gasim, Okaro, Samuel, Carter, Jane Y., Newton, Charles R., Logora, Makoy Yibi, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2021
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34068976 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050599

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