[Cysticercosis and epilepsy in the city of Tone, north of Togo].
An epidemiology study was conducted in Tone, a city in the very north of Togo from November 1 to 25, 1995. The prevalence of epilepsy was studied in 9,155 subjects and seroprevalence of cysticercosis in 1,343. This was a representative sample of this region with 194,000 inhabitants. The prevalence of epilepsy was 18.6 per 1 000 inhabitants. A causal relationship was found betwen cysticercosis and epilepsy. The prevalenced of cysticercosis was 38 per 1 000 persons in the general population and 135.29 per 1 000 epileptic patients. The difference was highly statistically significant (X( 2)=74.17, p<10(-6)).
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Service de Neurologie, BP 30284, CHU Campus Lome, Togo.
Grunitzky
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Beketi
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Bouteille
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Dumas
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000276:immunology; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000150:complications; D014037:Togo / Q000453:epidemiology
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth