Reliability of clinical diagnosis in identifying infectious trachoma in a low-prevalence area of Nepal

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 461-466

  Baral, K ^a   Osaki, S ^b   Shreshta, B ^c   Panta, C R ^d   Boulter, A ^e   Pang, F ^f   Cevallos, V ^b   Schachter, J ^f   Lietman, T ^b  

^a Mid Western Regional Eye Care Centre   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Birendranager Eye Care Centre   (Nepal)

^d Bardia Eye Care Centre   (Nepal)

^e Swiss Red Cross ^*  (Nepal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; EYE INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEPAL; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHOMA;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; NEPAL; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ORGANIZATIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; UN; WHO; YOUTH;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHOMA;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033065395     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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