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Zoonotic and vector-borne parasites and epilepsy in low-income and middle-income countries

Zoonotic and vector-borne parasites and epilepsy in low-income and middle-income countries

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Zoonotic and vector-borne parasites and epilepsy in low-income and middle-income countries

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Full title

Zoonotic and vector-borne parasites and epilepsy in low-income and middle-income countries

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature reviews. Neurology, 2020-06, Vol.16 (6), p.333-345

Language

English

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Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Zoonotic and vector-borne parasites are important preventable risk factors for epilepsy. Three parasitic infections — cerebral malaria,
Taenia solium
cysticercosis and onchocerciasis — have an established association with epilepsy. Parasitoses are widely prevalent in low-income and middle-income countries, which are home to 80% of the people...

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Full title

Zoonotic and vector-borne parasites and epilepsy in low-income and middle-income countries

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2405307237

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2405307237

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ISSN

1759-4758

E-ISSN

1759-4766

DOI

10.1038/s41582-020-0361-3

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