Distribution and Potential Indicators of Hospitalized Cases of Neurocysticercosis and Epilepsy in Ecuador from 1996 to 2008

Lenin Ron-Garrido; Marco Coral-Almeida; Sarah Gabriël; Washington Benitez-Ortiz; Claude Saegerman; Pierre Dorny; Dirk Berkvens; Emmanuel Nji Abatih

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004236

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Distribution and Potential Indicators of Hospitalized Cases of Neurocysticercosis and Epilepsy in Ecuador from 1996 to 2008

Lenin Ron-Garrido ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lenin Ron-Garrido, Marco Coral-Almeida

Affiliations Universidad Central del Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Zoonosis (CIZ), Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to the Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Marco Coral-Almeida ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lenin Ron-Garrido, Marco Coral-Almeida

* E-mail: marco.coralalmeida@ugent.be

Affiliations Universidad Central del Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Zoonosis (CIZ), Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Universidad de las Américas, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Quito Ecuador, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Sarah Gabriël,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Washington Benitez-Ortiz,

Affiliation Universidad Central del Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Zoonosis (CIZ), Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador
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Claude Saegerman,

Affiliation Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to the Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Pierre Dorny,

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Dirk Berkvens,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Emmanuel Nji Abatih

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Distribution and Potential Indicators of Hospitalized Cases of Neurocysticercosis and Epilepsy in Ecuador from 1996 to 2008

Lenin Ron-Garrido,
Marco Coral-Almeida,
Sarah Gabriël,
Washington Benitez-Ortiz,
Claude Saegerman,
Pierre Dorny,
Dirk Berkvens,
Emmanuel Nji Abatih

Published: November 18, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004236

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