Bacterial infection and trachoma in the Gambia: A case-control study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4440-4444

  Burton, Matthew J ^a,b   Adegbola, Richard A ^b   Kinteh, Fabakary ^c   Ikumapayi, Usman N ^b   Foster, Allen ^a   Mabey, David C W ^a   Bailey, Robin L ^a,b  

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

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA SCARRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; BACTERIUM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYELASH; HAIR DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYELASHES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 35748937657     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0315     Document Type: Article

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