Exposure to multiple parasites is associated with the prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Epilepsy is common in developing countries, and it is often associated with parasitic infections. We investigated the relationship between exposure to parasitic infections, particularly multiple infections and active convulsive epilepsy (ACE), in five sites across sub-Saharan Africa.A case-control d...

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Main Authors: Gathoni Kamuyu (Author), Christian Bottomley (Author), James Mageto (Author), Brett Lowe (Author), Patricia P Wilkins (Author), John C Noh (Author), Thomas B Nutman (Author), Anthony K Ngugi (Author), Rachael Odhiambo (Author), Ryan G Wagner (Author), Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige (Author), Seth Owusu-Agyei (Author), Kenneth Ae-Ngibise (Author), Honorati Masanja (Author), Faith H A Osier (Author), Peter Odermatt (Author), Charles R Newton (Author), Study of Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Sites (SEEDS) (Author)
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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