Onchocerciasis, Cysticercosis, and Epilepsy

Christoph Kaiser Baden-Baden 76530, Germany, E-mail: drchkaiser@web.de
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
Institut d’Epidémiologie, Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropical, Limoges, France
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Public Health Unit, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France

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Sébastien Pion Baden-Baden 76530, Germany, E-mail: drchkaiser@web.de
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
Institut d’Epidémiologie, Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropical, Limoges, France
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Public Health Unit, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France

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Pierre-Marie Preux Baden-Baden 76530, Germany, E-mail: drchkaiser@web.de
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
Institut d’Epidémiologie, Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropical, Limoges, France
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Public Health Unit, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France

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Walter Kipp Baden-Baden 76530, Germany, E-mail: drchkaiser@web.de
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
Institut d’Epidémiologie, Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropical, Limoges, France
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Public Health Unit, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France

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Ikechukwu Dozie Baden-Baden 76530, Germany, E-mail: drchkaiser@web.de
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
Institut d’Epidémiologie, Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropical, Limoges, France
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Public Health Unit, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France

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Michel Boussinesq Baden-Baden 76530, Germany, E-mail: drchkaiser@web.de
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
Institut d’Epidémiologie, Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropical, Limoges, France
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Public Health Unit, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France

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    Katabarwa M, Lakwo T, Habumogisha P, Richards F, Eberhard M, 2008. Short report: could neurocysticercosis be the cause of onchocerciasis-associated epileptic seizures? Am J Trop Med Hyg 78 :400–401.

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    Kaiser C, Kipp W, Asaba G, Mugisa C, Kabagambe G, Rating D, Leichsenring L, 1996. The prevalence of epilepsy follows the distribution of onchocerciasis in a west Ugandan focus. Bull World Health Organ 74 :361–367.

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    Newell ED, Vyungimana F, Bradley JE, 1997. Epilepsy, retarded growth and onchocerciasis, in two areas of different endemicity of onchocerciasis in Burundi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 91 :525–527.

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    Boussinesq M, Pion SDS, Demanga-Ngangue, Kamgno J, 2002. Relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy: a matched case-control study in the Mbam Valley, Republic of Cameroon. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96 :537–541.

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    Dozie IN, Onwuliri CO, Nwoke BE, Chukwuocha UM, Chikwendu CI, Okoro I, Njemanze PC, 2006. Onchocerciasis and epilepsy in parts of the Imo river basin, Nigeria: a preliminary report. Public Health 120 :448–450.

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    Kaiser C, Asaba G, Kasoro S, Rubaale T, Kabagambe G, Mbabazi M, 2007. Mortality from epilepsy in an onchocerciasis-endemic area in west Uganda. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101 :48–55.

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    Newell ED, Vyungimana F, Geerts S, van Kerckhoven I, Tsang VC, Engels D, 1997. Prevalence of cysticercosis in epileptics and members of their families in Burundi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 91 :389–391.

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    Nsengiumva G, Druet-Cabanac M, Ramanankandrasana B, Bouteille B, Nsizabira L, Preux PM, 2003. Cysticercosis as a major risk factor for epilepsy in Burundi, east Africa. Epilepsia 44 :950–955.

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    Dongmo L, Druet-Cabanac M, Moyou SR, Zebaze DR, Njamnshi AK, Sini V, Mapoure N, Echouffo TJB, Djeumen WC, Ndumbe PM, 2004. Cysticercosis and epilepsy: a case-control study in Mbam Valley, Cameroon. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 97 :105–108.

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    Dumas M, Grunitzky K, Belo M, Dabis F, Deniau M, Bouteille B, Kassankogno Y, Catanzano G, Pestre Alexandre M, 1990. Cysticercose et neurocysticercose: enquete epidemiologique dans le nord du Togo. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 83 :263–274.

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    Druet-Cabanac M, Boussinesq M, Dongmo L, Farnarier G, Bouteille B, Preux PM, 2004. Review of epidemiological studies searching for a relationship between onchocerchiasis and epilepsy. Neuroepidemiology 23 :144–149.

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