Rapid assessment of trachoma among children living in rural northern India

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Khanduja, Sumeet ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^b   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Vashist, Praveen ^c   Murthy, G V S ^c   Gupta, Sanjeev ^c   Satpathy, Gita ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood trachoma; Direct immunofluorescence; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid assessment; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; TRACHOMA; TRACHOMATOUS INFLAMMATION FOLLICULAR; TRACHOMATOUS INFLAMMATION INTENSE;

EID: 71049165173     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580902999389     Document Type: Article

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