Case-Control Study to Assess the Association between Epilepsy and Infection/Exposure.

Although causes and etiology of epilepsy are mostly obscure, some zoonotic parasites, such as species, have been proposed as a risk factor for this disease. Here, we conducted an age-matched case-control study to evaluate whether there is an association between epilepsy and the presence of serum antibodies to in incident cases. We included 94 idiopathic epileptic patients as cases, and-from the same geographical region-88 people with no own history of epilepsy or neurological disease as control subjects.