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2488997

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
In april 1987, an epidemiologic study in Northern Togo was carried out in order to evaluate the prevalence of cysticercosis and epilepsy. The survey also aimed to investigate possible connections between these two illnesses. The study encompassed 5264 subjects over 15 years old, selected using random sampling techniques; 125 cases of cysticercosis were diagnosed (2.4% of sample population); 12 by anatomo-pathological examination of cysts 18 (14.4%) based on skull and muscle x-ray calcifications and 104 patients were identified using ELISA tests on 1527 serum samples (optical density greater than or equal to 0.4). Among 88 epileptic patients (prevalence = 16.7 per thousand), 27 also suffered from cysticercosis (38.7% of all epileptic patients, 21.6% of cysticercosis patients and 0.51% of the total population).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0065-1362
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiological study of neuro-cysticercosis in northern Togo (West Africa).
pubmed:affiliation
Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, Limoges, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't