Prevalence of risk factors and severity of active trachoma in Southern Sudan: An ordinal analysis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-132

  Ngondi, Jeremiah ^b   Matthews, Fiona ^b   Reacher, Mark ^b   Onsarigo, Alice ^c   Matende, Ibrahim ^d   Baba, Samson ^e   Brayne, Carol ^b   Zingeser, James ^f   Emerson, Paul ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Lighthouse for Christ Eye Centre   (Kenya)

^e Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CHILD; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HYGIENE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

BOS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUDAN; TRACHOMA;

EID: 34548768159     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.126     Document Type: Article

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