Estimated Numbers of Persons Infected with Neurocysticercosis or Epilepsy due to Neurocysticercosis by Region. Christina M. Coyle Siddhartha Mahanty Joseph R. Zunt Mitchell T. Wallin Paul T. Cantey A. Clinton White Jr. Seth E. O'Neal Jose A. Serpa Paul M. Southern Patricia Wilkins Anne E. McCarthy Elizabeth S. Higgs Theodore E. Nash 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001500.t001 https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/_Estimated_Numbers_of_Persons_Infected_with_Neurocysticercosis_or_Epilepsy_due_to_Neurocysticercosis_by_Region_/301066 a<p>See text for methods used to derive these estimates.</p>b<p>Assumes that 10% of those seropositive to <i>T. solium</i> have epilepsy. (Extraction of data from manuscripts summarized in references <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001500#pntd.0001500-Montano1" target="_blank">[7]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001500#pntd.0001500-Bern1" target="_blank">[11]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001500#pntd.0001500-Flisser1" target="_blank">[31]</a>). Seizure rates in populations seropositive to <i>T. solium</i> were greater than in seronegative populations by approximately 9.4% (range 1.7–31.3%). Therefore, we assumed 10% of seizures were attributable to NCC in Chinese seropositive populations.</p>c<p>Assuming 1/3 of the SSA population of 560 million at risk.</p> 2013-02-20 04:29:32 numbers persons infected neurocysticercosis epilepsy