Onchocerca volvulus as a risk factor for developing epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a case control study

• Main Authors: Michel Mandro (Author), Patrick Suykerbuyk (Author), Floribert Tepage (Author), Degratias Rossy (Author), Francoise Ngave (Author), Mirza Nazmul Hasan (Author), An Hotterbeekx (Author), Germain Mambandu (Author), Jean Marie Kashama (Author), Anne Laudisoit (Author), Robert Colebunders (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background 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 t...