Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in Cameroon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-686

  Zoli, André P ^a   Nguekam, ^a   Shey Njila, Oliver ^a   Nforninwe, Denis Nsame ^b   Speybroeck, Niko ^d   Ito, Akira ^c   Sato, Marcello O ^c   Dorny, Pierre ^d   Brandt, Jef ^d   Geerts, Stanny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b Batibo District Hospital   (Cameroon)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cysticercosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Epilepsy; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RURAL HEALTH;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 22944480211     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80103-7     Document Type: Article

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