Table 7 |
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Reported encephalopathic cases following ivermectin mass treatment from 1989 to 2001* |
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| Type of Encephalopathy |
No. of cases from Cameroon |
No. of cases from other countries |
Total no. of cases |
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| Probable L. loa encephalopathy† |
33 |
0 |
33 |
| Possible L. loa encephalopathy† |
30 |
2§ |
32 |
| Encephalopathy of other known etiology |
1‡ |
0 |
1 |
| Encephalopathy of unknown etiology |
33 |
4|| |
37 |
| Total |
97 |
6 |
103 |
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*cases reported as of August 31, 2002; †See note 2 for definitions; ‡case of cerebral malaria; §Central African Republic = 1 case; Sudan (southern) = 1 case; ||Democratic Republic of Congo = 2 cases; Sudan (southern) = 1 case; Nigeria = 1 case. |
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