Prevalence of Epilepsy and its Association with Exposure to Toxocara canis: A Community Based, Case-control Study from Rural Northern India.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many community-based and hospital-based studies across the world have yielded contradictory results regarding association of positive Toxocara canis serology and epilepsy. The present study was planned to analyze disease burden of epilepsy in rural community of North India and its association with exposure to T. canis in this part of the world.

Methods

A door-to-door screening survey was carried out in the rural community using a validated questionnaire for epilepsy by trained field workers, which was finally confirmed by trained neurologists. The risk factors for epilepsy and for predisposing infections were also enquired. The results were compared with an equal number of age- and sex-matched healthy controls enrolled from the same community. Serolo

SUBMITTER: Modi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6238566 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature