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>
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