Onchocerciasis, cysticercosis, and epilepsy

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 643-644

  Kaiser, Christoph ^a   Pion, Sébastien ^b   Preux, Pierre Marie ^c   Kipp, Walter ^d   Dozie, Ikechukwu ^e   Boussinesq, Michel ^b  

^a Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement ^*

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURUNDI; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; UGANDA;

EID: 55849106676     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.643     Document Type: Letter

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