Trichiasis and geoclimatic factors in Mali

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 996-1003

  Schémann, Jean François ^a,e   Laffly, Dominique ^b   Sacko, Doulaye ^c   Zephak, Germain ^d   Malvy, Denis ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c Organisation Ouest Africaine de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^d Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology   (Mali)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Environment; Mali; Risk factors; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 34548359226     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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