Exposure to Multiple Parasites Is Associated with the Prevalence of Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Kamuyu, Gathoni ^a,b   Bottomley, Christian ^c   Mageto, James ^a,d   Lowe, Brett ^a,b,e   Wilkins, Patricia P ^f   Noh, John C ^f   Nutman, Thomas B ^g   Ngugi, Anthony K ^a,b,h   Odhiambo, Rachael ^a   Wagner, Ryan G ^i,j   Kakooza Mwesige, Angelina ^b,k,l   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^m   Ae Ngibise, Kenneth ^m   Masanja, Honorati ⁿ   Osier, Faith H A ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^o,p   Newton, Charles R ^a,b,c,q,r  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^h AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^j UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Uganda)

^l MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^m KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

ⁿ IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^o SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE EXPOSURE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; EPILEPSY; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901778908     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002908     Document Type: Article

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