| effect of mass treatments with ivermectin, with only partial compliance, on prevalence and intensity of o. volvulus infection in adults and in untreated 4 and 5 year-old children in burundi. | between 1991 and 1994, 4 annual treatments with ivermectin were offered to the population of an area hyperendemic for onchocerciasis in the province of bururi (burundi). in one place, kinama, the annual coverage ranged between 40 and 49% of the population. of 151 persons who were examined there in 1987 and again in 1994, 4 months after the last treatment round, 43 took ivermectin all 4 times, 34 took it 3 times, 35 twice and 17 only once. although the compliance in this population was incomplete ... | 1997 | 9315050 |
| epilepsy, retarded growth and onchocerciasis, in two areas of different endemicity of onchocerciasis in burundi. | a high prevalence of epilepsy (up to 1.3%) was observed in an area hyperendemic for onchocerciasis in the province of bururi, burundi. following this observation, epileptics and controls were examined in 2 communes (administrative units) with different endemicity for onchocerciasis. altogether, onchocerciasis was more frequent in epileptics (81.8%) than in controls from the same households (68.3%; p < 0.05). this difference was more marked in the hyperendemic area. other possible causes of epile ... | 1997 | 9463656 |