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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2000-12-6
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A door-to-door survey was conducted in 18 villages in Mali with a total of 5,243 inhabitants classified according to the endemicity of onchocerciasis. Each epileptic was matched with two controls. The survey protocol included the following steps in cases and controls: census taking, socioeconomic data, screening for epilepsy, clinical examination, laboratory testing to detect parasites in stools and urine, and snip-test. The crude prevalence of epilepsy was 13.35 per 1,000 (n = 70). Epidemiological study provided a number of valuable demographic insights concerning age at onset, type of seizure activity during seizure and personal and family medical history. A transverse study showed that the prevalence of epilepsy was not significantly higher (p = 9.09) in zones of high endemicity of onchocerciasis (16.1 per 1000) than in zones of low endemicity (10.8 per 1000). Case-control findings showed evidence of onchocerciasis in 22.4 p. 100 of epileptics and 21.7 p. 100 of controls (odds ratio = 1.02 IC 95 p. 100: 0.4-2.19, not significant). Various risk factors including genetic factors and low socio-economic status could explain the trend toward a higher incidence of epilepsy as well as higher morbidity rates in zones of high endemicity of onchocerciasis.
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| pubmed:language |
fre
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0025-682X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
60
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
151-5
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Age of Onset,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Case-Control Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Cross-Sectional Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Endemic Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Epilepsy,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Mali,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Mass Screening,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Morbidity,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Onchocerciasis,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Population Surveillance,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:11100441-Socioeconomic Factors
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| pubmed:year |
2000
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
[Onchocerciasis and epilepsy. Epidemiological survey in Mali].
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Département d'Epidémiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France. gfarnarier@mail.ap-hm.fr
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
English Abstract,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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