Active trachoma in children aged three to nine years in rural communities in Ethiopia: Prevalence, indicators and risk factors

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-127

  Cumberland, Phillippa ^a,c   Hailu, Girum ^b   Todd, Jim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Future International Consulting Agency   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Prevalence; Risk factors; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; FLY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPTERA; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TOILET FACILITIES; TRACHOMA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 11144279463     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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