Risk Factors and Etiologies of Epilepsy in Urban and Rural Rwanda

EEG registration performed in PwE to confirm epilepsy diagnosis

Neuroimaging performed in PwE to diagnose epilepsy etiology

Blood samples from both PwE and controls will be collected to measure full blood count, IgM and IgG antibodies to parasitic antigens including Taenia solium, Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum, to perform ELISA for HIV1 and HIV2, to measure HIV viral load and to conduct an emmel test.

Both PwE and control subjects will complete a structured questionnaire on a wide range of potential risk factors present before the onset of the epilepsy.