The impact of imperfect screening tools on measuring the prevalence of epilepsy and headaches in Burkina Faso.
BACKGROUND:Epilepsy and progressively worsening severe chronic headaches (WSCH) are the two most common clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis, a form of cysticercosis. Most community-based studies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) use a two-step approach (questionnaire and confirmation) to estimat...
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Main Authors: | Ida Sahlu (Author), Cici Bauer (Author), Rasmané Ganaba (Author), Pierre-Marie Preux (Author), Linda D Cowan (Author), Pierre Dorny (Author), Athanase Millogo (Author), Hélène Carabin (Author) |
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