Clinical examination and laboratory tests for estimation of trachoma prevalence in a remote setting: What are they really telling us?

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 313-320

  Wright, Heathcote R ^a,b   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 18044372856     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(05)70116-X     Document Type: Note

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