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SUBMITTER: Mandro M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6174565 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mandro Michel M Suykerbuyk Patrick P Tepage Floribert F Rossy Degratias D Ngave Francoise F Hasan Mirza Nazmul MN Hotterbeekx An A Mambandu Germain G Kashama Jean Marie JM Laudisoit Anne A Colebunders Robert R
Infectious diseases of poverty 20181008 1
<h4>Background</h4>A high prevalence of epilepsy has been observed in onchocerciasis endemic areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With this study we aimed to investigate whether Onchocerca volvulus infection is a risk factor for developing epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the DRC.<h4>Methods</h4>Between October and December 2015, a multi-centre case control study was performed in onchocerciasis endemic health zones (HZ) in the DRC: one study site was situated in Tshopo P ...[more]