Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy in Ulanga, a Rural Tanzanian District: A Community‐Based Study

Kilonzo, Gad P.

Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy in Ulanga, a Rural Tanzanian District: A Community‐Based Study

dc.contributor.author	Kilonzo, Gad P.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-08T12:53:37Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-08T12:53:37Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.description.abstract	A random cluster sample survey of approximately 18,000 people in 11 villages was performed in Ulanga, a Tanzanian district with a population of approximately 139,000 people. Well‐instructed fourth‐year medical students and neurologic and psychiatry nurses identified persons with epilepsy using a screening questionnaire and sent them to a neurologist for detailed evaluation. Identified were 207 subjects in 1,000. Prevalence among villages varied, ranging from 5.1 to 37.1 in 1,000 accounted for 58% and partial seizures accounted for 31.9%, whereas in 10.1% seizures were unclassifiable. Of the partial seizures, secondarily generalized seizures were the most common. Possible etiologic or associated factors were identifiable in only 25.3% of cases. Febrile convulsions were associated in 13.4 of cases. Other associated factors included unspecified encephalitis	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Rwiza, H.T., Kilonzo, G.P., Haule, J., Matuja, W.B.P., Mteza, I., Mbena, P., Kilima, P.M., Mwaluko, G., Mwang'Ombola, R., Mwaijande, F. and Rweyemamu, G., 1992. Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy in Ulanga, a rural Tanzanian district: a community‐based study. Epilepsia, 33(6), pp.1051-1056.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1992.tb01758.x
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/465
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Epilepsia	en_US
dc.subject	Epilepsy	en_US
dc.subject	Ulanga, a Rural Tanzanian District	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy in Ulanga, a Rural Tanzanian District: A Community‐Based Study	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US