Trachoma: The forgotten cause of blindness

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-217

  Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   West, Sheila ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VACCINE;

BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRACHOMA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031416821     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017953     Document Type: Review

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