Reduction in rate of epilepsy from neurocysticercosis by community interventions: The Salamá, Honduras study

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1177-1185

  Medina, Marco T ^a,g   Aguilar Estrada, Rafael L ^a   Alvarez, Allan ^a   Durõn, Reyna M ^a   Martínez, Lizandro ^b   Dubõn, Sofia ^a   Estrada, Ana L ^c   Zúniga, Concepciõn ^c   Cartagena, Dora ^b   Thompson, Arnold ^a   Ramirez, Eunice ^a   Banegas, Lenín ^b   Osorio, Juan R ^b   Delgado Escueta, Antonio V ^d   Collins, Julianne S ^e   Holden, Kenton R ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^b Departmental Level ^*  (Honduras)

^c Secretary of Health   (Honduras)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g Instituto de Neurociencias   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Community; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Honduras; Incidence; Interventions; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958780798     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02945.x     Document Type: Article

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