Risk factors for epilepsy in Bas-Uélé Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a case–control study

Highlights • In Titule, onchocerciasis suspected skin lesions were associated with epilepsy.• Frequent activities at rapid flowing rivers were associated with epilepsy.• A historical lack of Ivermectin treatment was a risk factors for epilepsy.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  International Journal of Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2016-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.018PMID 27210267PMCID 4973807
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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