1. Epidemic spastic paraparesis in Bandundu (Zaire)
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Herwig Carton, Kabeya, Alfons Billiau, K Maertens, Odio, and K Kayembe
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Disease ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Paraplegia ,Konzo ,business.industry ,Outbreak ,Spastic paraparesis ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Muscle Spasticity ,Child, Preschool ,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Surgery ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Research Article ,Infectious agent - Abstract
Epidemiological findings of twenty sporadic cases of epidemic spastic paraparesis (buka-buka) in three areas of Bandundu (Zaire) are reported. These findings suggest the involvement of an infectious agent and do not support the hypothesis of a dietary cyanide intoxication, which has been advanced to explain the outbreak of a very similar disease (Mantakassa) in Mozambique.
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- 1986
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