Neurocysticercosis as a Cause of Epilepsy and Seizures in Two Community-Based Studies in a Cysticercosis-Endemic Region in Peru

• Luz M. Moyano ,

  * E-mail: luzmariamoyano@gmail.com

  Affiliation Cysticercosis Elimination Program and Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Perú

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• Mayuko Saito,

  Affiliations Cysticercosis Elimination Program and Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Perú, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Silvia M. Montano,

  Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Perú

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• Guillermo Gonzalvez,

  Affiliation Cysticercosis Elimination Program and Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Perú

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• Sandra Olaya,

  Affiliation Cysticercosis Elimination Program and Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Perú

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• Viterbo Ayvar,

  Affiliation Cysticercosis Elimination Program and Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Perú

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• Isidro González,

  Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú

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• Luis Larrauri,

  Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú

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• Victor C. W. Tsang,

  Affiliation Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Fernando Llanos,

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

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• Silvia Rodríguez,

  Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú

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• Armando E. Gonzalez,

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

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• Robert H. Gilman,

  Affiliation Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Hector H. Garcia,

  Affiliations Cysticercosis Elimination Program and Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Perú, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú, Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

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• for The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru