July 2017

Mapping epilepsy risks through porcine farming in North West Cameroon

This study posits that socioeconomic factors determine the patterns of epilepsy. The transmission of cysticerci between pig and man is facilitated by traditional pig rearing, slaughtering, and the poor detection of Taenia solium in slaughter pigs. Neurocysticercosis, resulting from T. solium is often associated with focal epilepsy. To ascertain this relationship, a co-relational design was applied to compare epilepsy...

Author(s): Humphrey Ngala Ndi and Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi