Epidemiological, clinical and radiological characteristics of people with neurocysticercosis in Tanzania–A cross-sectional study

Epidemiological, clinical and radiological characteristics of people with neurocysticercosis in Tanzania–A cross-sectional study

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<h4>Background</h4> Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is common among people with epilepsy in low-resource settings. Prevalence of NCC and radiological characteristics of patients with NCC vary considerably even within small areas but differences have been poorly characterized so far. <h4>M...

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Main Authors:	Dominik Stelzle, Charles Makasi, Veronika Schmidt, Chiara Trevisan, Inge van Damme, Tamara M. Welte, Charlotte Ruether, Agnes Fleury, Pierre Dorny, Pascal Magnussen, Gideon Zulu, Kabemba E. Mwape, Emmanuel Bottieau, Sarah Gabriël, Bernard J. Ngowi, Andrea S. Winkler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-11-01
Series:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9704569/?tool=EBI

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