Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in Cameroon
(2003) Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene — Vol. 97, n° 6, p. 683-686 (2003)
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- During January 2002 the frequency of Taenia solium cysticercosis was studied in a series of 504 epileptic patients from 3 rural localities in the West and North-West provinces of Cameroon using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for both circulating antigen (Ag-ELISA) and antibody (Ag-ELISA) detection. Taenia solium antigens were detected in the sera of 1.2% of the patients whereas specific antibodies against the parasite were present in 44.6% of the patients. Significantly less seropositive results in Ab-ELISA were recorded in Batibo than in Bandjoun and Bamendjou, whereas a borderline significant difference was recorded with increasing age. Furthermore, 56.2% of patients with late-onset epilepsy showed antibodies against cysticercosis. Taenia solium cysticercosis appears to be an important cause of epilepsy in Cameroon.
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Zoli, A. P., Nguekam, Shey-Njila, O., Nsame Nforninwe, D., Speybroeck, N., Ito, A., Sato, M. O., Dorny, P., Brandt, J., & Geerts, S. (2003). Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(6), 683-686. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(03)80103-7 (Original work published 2003)