The burden of trachoma in Ayod County of Southern Sudan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  King, Jonathan D ^a   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a,b   Gatpan, Gideon ^a   Lopidia, Ben ^a   Becknell, Steve ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUDAN; TRACHOMA;

EID: 56149087579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000299     Document Type: Article

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