Active trachoma among children in Mali: Clustering and environmental risk factors

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hägi, Mathieu ^a   Schémann, Jean François ^b   Mauny, Frédéric ^a   Momo, Germain ^c   Sacko, Doulaye ^d   Traoré, Lamine ^c   Malvy, Denis ^b   Viel, Jean François ^a  

^a Laboratory of Immunology   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c African Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology Mali   (Mali)

^d West African Health Organization   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BICYCLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE; FLY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRACHOMA; AGE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; RISK FACTORS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 76249134099     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000583     Document Type: Article

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