Marco T. Medina|Reyna M. Durón|L. Martínez Martínez|Juan Ramón Osorio|Ana L. Estrada|Concepción Zúniga|Dora Cartagena|Julianne S. Collins|Kenton R. Holden
Prevalence, Incidence, and Etiology of Epilepsies in Rural Honduras: The Salamá Study
National Autonomous University of Honduras|National Autonomous University of Honduras|Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras|Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras|Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras|Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras|Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras|Greenwood Genetic Center|Medical University of South Carolina|Greenwood Genetic Center
determination epilepsy etiology populationbased studies difficult high cost diagnostic tests however costeffectiveness may proven preventive publichealth strategies established test results report epilepsy populationbased study using clinical laboratory techniquesa medical team administered epilepsy survey 88 residents census rural county salam honduras ninety 100 participants identified active epilepsy underwent neurologic examination videoelectroencephalography videoeeg brain computed tomography ct scan serum enzymelinked immunoelectrotransfer blot eitb cysticercosis final diagnoses based international league epilepsy classifications seizures epilepsy syndromes combined epidemiologic clinical videoeeg neuroimaging serum eitb assays used diagnosis epilepsy etiologiesamong 6473 residents surveyed 151 persons epilepsy prevalence rate 2331000 identified 100 active epilepsy 1541000 prevalence day incidence determined 927100000 partial seizures without secondary generalization common 922 symptomatic epilepsy 62 primarily due neurocysticercosis 37 perinatal brain damage 8 posttraumatic 3 poststroke 2 eight percent idiopathic 30 cryptogenic unknown causesymptomatic epilepsies primarily explained high prevalence incidence epilepsy salam integration videoeeg brain ct scan clinicalepidemiologic evaluation critical determination epilepsy etiology establishment specific programs continuation epidemiologic surveillance education intervention longterm followup benefit salam region