High prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Main Authors: Bethany Levick (Author), Anne Laudisoit (Author), Floribert Tepage (Author), Chellafe Ensoy-Musoro (Author), Michel Mandro (Author), Caroline Bonareri Osoro (Author), Patrick Suykerbuyk (Author), Jean Marie Kashama (Author), Michel Komba (Author), Alliance Tagoto (Author), Dadi Falay (Author), Michael Begon (Author), Robert Colebunders (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An increased prevalence of epilepsy has been reported in many onchocerciasis endemic areas. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and investigate whether a higher annual intake of Ivermect...