Onchocerciasis and epilepsy in parts of the Imo river basin, Nigeria: A preliminary report

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 448-450

  Dozie, I N S ^a   Onwuliri, C O E ^b   Nwoke, B E B ^a   Chukwuocha, U M ^a   Chikwendu, C I ^c   Okoro, I ^a   Njemanze, P C ^d  

^a IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^d Chidicon Medical Center Owerri   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Imo river basin; Onhocerciasis

Indexed keywords

ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; RIVERS;

AFRICA; IMO; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646205113     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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