The long-term natural history of trachomatous trichiasis in The Gambia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 847-852

  Burton, Matthew J ^a,b   Bowman, Richard J C ^a,c,d   Faal, Hannah ^c   Aryee, Esther A N ^b   Ikumapayi, Usman N ^b   Alexander, Neal D E ^a   Adegbola, Richard A ^b   Mabey, David C W ^a   Foster, Allen ^a   Johnson, Gordon J ^a,e   Bailey, Robin L ^a,b  

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

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c National Eye Care Programme   (Gambia)

^d CCBRT Disability Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYELASH; GENETICS; HAIR DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEAL OPACITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645396733     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0714     Document Type: Article

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