High prevalence of epilepsy in an onchocerciasis endemic health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite 14 years of community-directed treatment with ivermectin: A mixed-method assessment

High prevalence of epilepsy in an onchocerciasis endemic health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite 14 years of community-directed treatment with ivermectin: A mixed-method assessment

Objectives: To investigate the reasons for the high prevalence of epilepsy (>6%) discovered in 2015 in the Aketi health zone in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Methods: Persons with epilepsy (PWE) diagnosed in a door-to-door survey in 2015 were traced and re-examined in 2017 by...

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Main Authors: Deby Mukendi, Floribert Tepage, Innocent Akonda, Joseph Nelson Fodjo Siewe, Anke Rotsaert, Carl Nwana Ndibmun, Anne Laudisoit, Simon Couvreur, Blandine Kabutako, Sonia Menon, An Hotterbeekx, Robert Colebunders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218345697

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