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SUBMITTER: Chesnais CB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7304933 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chesnais Cédric B CB Bizet Charlotte C Campillo Jérémy T JT Njamnshi Wepnyu Y WY Bopda Jean J Nwane Philippe P Pion Sébastien D SD Njamnshi Alfred K AK Boussinesq Michel M
Open forum infectious diseases 20200602 6
To confirm our earlier evidence of a temporal and dose-response relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy, we conducted another cohort study in a different setting in Cameroon. Individuals whose <i>Onchocerca volvulus</i> microfilarial density (<i>Ov</i>-MFD) was measured in 1992-1994 when they were children were revisited in 2019 to determine if they acquired epilepsy. With reference to individuals with no microfilariae in 1992-1994, the relative risks of acquiring epilepsy were 0.96, 2. ...[more]