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B Bouteille

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Seroprevalence of cysticercosis in Bénin.

We report the results of a seroepidemiological study on the prevalence of cysticercosis in Bénin. Cluster sampling at 3 levels was performed in the 6 départements (Atacora, Borgou, Zou, Mono, Atlantique and Oueme) and 2625 serum samples, from 1329 adult females and 1296 adult males, were collected. Antibodies against Taenia solium cysticerci were first searched for by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the 41 seropositive samples were then examined by enzyme-linked electroimmunotransfer blot assay (EITB). Thirty-five samples gave positive results in the EITB. The overall seroprevalence of cysticercosis was therefore 1.3% (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.9-1.9). The seroprevalence was 1.9% in males (95% CI 1.2-2.7) and 0.8% (95% CI 0.4-1.5) in females (P < 0.05). A progressive increase in seroprevalence with increasing age was found. The highest seroprevalences were observed in Atacora and Atlantique, 2 non-Muslim départements (3.3% and 3.0%, respectively). This study demonstrated the public health importance of cysticercosis in Bénin.

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Review of epidemiological studies searching for a relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy.

A review and a meta-analysis of the available epidemiological literature for evidence of an association between onchocerciasis infection and epilepsy were carried out. We used EMBASE (1974-2002), MEDLINE (1966-2002), and PASCAL (1987-2002) databases and relevant journals and bibliographies. We limited our analysis to the epidemiological studies, where the status regarding onchocerciasis infection and epilepsy was available for each subject. Nine African studies were included. The common relative risk estimated by the random-effects model was 1.21 (95% CI 0.99-1.47; p = 0.06). The meta-analysis did not show any difference according to the onchocerciasis endemicity level and the African areas. Our results do not allow to conclude for an association between Onchocerca volvulus infection and epilepsy. However, the results are nearly significant. Further research is needed in this neglected subject, in particular for the better understanding of the neurological pathogenicity in onchocerciasis.

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