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Seizures, cysticercosis and rural-to-urban migration: the PERU MIGRANT study
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Autores:
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Gonzales, I. ;
Miranda, J.J. ;
Rodriguez, S. ;
Vargas, V. ;
Cjuno, A. ;
Smeeth, L. ;
Gonzalez, A.E. ;
Tsang, V.C.W. ;
Gilman, R.H. ;
Garcia, H.H.
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Wiley, 2019-02-22T14:54:30Z
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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Objectives: To examine the prevalence of seizures, epilepsy and seropositivity to cysticercosis in rural villagers (cysticercosis-endemic setting), rural-to-urban migrants into a non-endemic urban shanty town and urban inhabitants of the same non-endemic shanty town. Methods: Three Peruvian populations (n = 985) originally recruited into a study about chronic diseases and migration were studied. These groups included rural inhabitants from an endemic region (n = 200), long-term rural-to-urban migrants (n = 589) and individuals living in the same urban setting (n = 196). Seizure disorders were detected by a survey, and a neurologist examined positive respondents. Serum samples from 981/985 individuals were processed for cysticercosis antibodies on immunoblot. Results: Epilepsy prevalence (per 1000 people) was 15.3 in the urban group, 35.6 in migrants and 25 in rural inhabitants. A gradient in cysticercosis antibody seroprevalence was observed: urban 2%, migrant 13.5% and rural group 18% (P
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En línea:
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http://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12456
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