Risk factors for active trachoma in children and trichiasis in adults: a household survey in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 432-438

  Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a,b   Gebre, Teshome ^a   Shargie, Estifanos B ^a   Graves, Patricia M ^a   Ejigsemahu, Yeshewamebrat ^a   Teferi, Tesfaye ^a   Genet, Asrat ^c   Mosher, Aryc W ^a   Endeshaw, Tekola ^a   Zerihun, Mulat ^a   Messele, Ayenew ^a   Richards Jr , Frank O ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Active trachoma; Ethiopia; Prevention and control; Risk factors; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRICITY; ETHIOPIA; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SECRETION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 41749106883     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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