High prevalence of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in villages in Maridi County, Republic of South Sudan: A community-based survey

To determine the prevalence and incidence of epilepsy in an onchocerciasis endemic region of South Sudan.

Colebunders R, Carter JY, Olore PC, Puok Kai, Bhattacharyya S, Menon S, Abd-Elfarag G, Ojok M,  Ensoy-Musorog C, Lako R, Logora MY. High prevalence of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in villages in Maridi County, Republic of South Sudan: A community-based survey. 2018. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy 63; 93–101. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059131118306575

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