Reduction of trachoma in a sub-Saharan village in absence of a disease control programme

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9064, 1997, Pages 1511-1512

  Dolin, P J ^a   Faal, H ^b   Johnson, G J ^a   Minassian, D ^a   Sowa, S ^b   Day, S ^a   Ajewole, J ^b   Mohamed, A A ^a   Foster, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; TRACHOMA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030914877     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)01355-X     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Taylor HR, West SK, Mmbaga BBO, et al. Hygiene factors and increased risk of trachoma in central Tanzania. Arch Ophthalmol 1989; 107: 1821-25.
2. Courtright P, Sheppard J, Lane S, et al. Latrine ownership as a protective factor in inflammatory trachoma in Egypt. Br J Ophthalmol 1991; 75: 322-25.
3. Sowa S, Sowa J, Collier LH, Blyth W. Trachoma and allied infections in a Gambian village. Medical Research Council, Special Report Series no 308. London: HM Stationery Office, 1965.
4. Faal H, Minassian D, Sowa S, Foster A. National survey of blindness and low vision in The Gambia: results. Br J Ophthalmol 1989; 73: 82-87.
5. MacCallan AF. Trachoma. London: Butterworth, 1936.
6. Thylefors B, Dawson CR, Jones BR, West SK, Taylor HR. A simplified system for the assessment of trachoma and its complications. Bull World Health Organ 1987; 65: 477-83.
7. Mabey DC, Downes RM, Bailey RL, Dunn DT. The impact of medical services on trachoma in a Gambian village. Antibiotics alone are not the answer. Ann Trop Paediatr 1991; 11: 295-300.