Rapid assessment for prioritisation of trachoma control at community level in one district of the Kaolack Region, Senegal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-157

  Faye, Marcel ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^b   Dineen, Brendan ^b   Bailey, Robin ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

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

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Lot Quality Assurance Sampling; Senegal; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; SENEGAL; TRACHOMA;

BOS TAURUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 29744469375     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.029     Document Type: Article

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