...- and middle-income countries is scarce. The objectives of this study are to determine the incidence, mortality and geodemographic distribution of TBI in Ecuador. Methods: A population-based analytical study from 2004 to 2016 was conducted in Ecuador. Men and women with a diagnosis of TBI from all ages (0–110...

... in the coastal region of Ecuador. A total of 2,548 individuals were interviewed with standardized screening questionnaires to detect suspected cases of epilepsy, stroke and dementia, and they underwent a serum immunoblot test for the detection of anticysticercal antibodies (phase I). Positive individuals...

...E.M. Basch; M.E. Cruz; D. Tapia; A. Cruz A census, uniform screening questionnaire and simple screening neurologic examination were administered door to door to the 221 residents of Paluguillo, a rural migrant community near Quito, Ecuador. This protocol was pretested to assure a high level...

...P.J. Farmer; M. Placencia; L. Jumbo; J.W.A.S. Sander; S.D. Shorvon 215 patients with epilepsy and 125 healthy controls were questioned on the effects of epilepsy on social functioning as part of a population-based study of epilepsy in Northern Ecuador. 144 of these patients and 98 of the controls...