Prevalence of neurocysticercosis among people with epilepsy in rural areas of Burkina Faso

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2194-2202

  Millogo, Athanase ^a   Nitiéma, Pascal ^b   Carabin, Hélène ^b   Boncoeur Martel, Marie Paule ^c   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^d   Tarnagda, Zékiba ^e   Praet, Nicolas ^f   Dorny, Pierre ^f   Cowan, Linda ^b   Ganaba, Rasmané ^g   Hounton, Sennen ^h   Preux, Pierre Marie ⁱ   Cissé, Rabiou ^j  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^g Health Training Research and Expertise Agency for Africa AFRICSanté   (Burkina Faso)

^h UNFPA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^j Yalgado Ouédraogo University Teaching   (Burkina Faso)

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Author keywords

CT scan; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870613872     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03687.x     Document Type: Article

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