Onchocerciasis and epilepsy in parts of the Imo river basin, Nigeria: a preliminary report

Public Health. 2006 May;120(5):448-50. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.010. Epub 2006 Mar 9.

Authors

I N S Dozie¹, C O E Onwuliri, B E B Nwoke, U M Chukwuocha, C I Chikwendu, I Okoro, P C Njemanze

Affiliation

¹ Medical and Public Health Unit, Department of Microbiology, Imo State University Owerri, P.M.B. 2000 Imo State, Nigeria. [email protected]

PMID: 16524608
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Epilepsy / complications*
Epilepsy / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nigeria / epidemiology
Onchocerciasis / complications*
Onchocerciasis / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Rivers