Risk factors for trachomatous trichiasis in children: cross-sectional household surveys in Southern Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-314

  Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a,b   Reacher, Mark H ^b   Matthews, Fiona E ^c   Brayne, Carol ^b   Gatpan, Gideon ^a   Becknell, Steven ^a   Kur, Lucia ^d   King, Jonathan ^a   Callahan, Kelly ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Children; Prevalence; Risk factors; Sudan; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; OBSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUDAN; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYELASHES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDAN; TRACHOMA;

EID: 61349108751     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

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