Incidence of blindness during the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in western Africa, 1971-2002

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1932-1941

  Little, Mark P ^a,d   Basáñez, María Gloria ^a   Breitling, Lutz Ph ^a,c   Boatin, Boakye A ^b   Alley, Edoh S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratoire de Recherches   (Gabon)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NEWBORN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGED; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2442685248     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383326     Document Type: Article

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