Trachoma control in Southern Zambia - An international team project employing the SAFE strategy

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-236

  Astle, William ^a,b   Wiafe, Boateng ^c   Ingram, April ^b   Mwanga, Mike ^c   Glassco, Colin ^d  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Lusaka Eye Hospital   (Zambia)

^d Colin B Glassco Charitable Foundation for Children ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Roxithromycin; SAFE strategy; Trachoma; Trichiasis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ROXIBID; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROXITHROMYCIN; RURAL POPULATION; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33746802809     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580600718974     Document Type: Article

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