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  • Title: Epidemiological study of neuro-cysticercosis in northern Togo (West Africa).
    Author: Dumas M, Grunitzky E, Deniau M, Dabis F, Bouteille B, Belo M, Pestre-Alexandre M, Catanzano G, Darde ML, D'Almeida M.
    Journal: Acta Leiden; 1989; 57(2):191-6. PubMed ID: 2488997.
    Abstract:
    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).
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