What will happen if we do nothing to control trachoma: Health expectancies for blinding trachoma in Southern Sudan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ngondi, Jeremiah M ^a,b   Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Reacher, Mark H ^a,c   King, Jonathan ^b   Brayne, Carol ^a   Gouda, Hebe ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SUDAN; TRACHOMA;

EID: 65549169903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000396     Document Type: Article

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