Epidemiology and control of trachoma: Systematic review

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 673-691

  Hu, Victor H ^a,b,d   Harding Esch, Emma M ^a   Burton, Matthew J ^a,b   Bailey, Robin L ^a   Kadimpeul, Julbert ^c   Mabey, David C W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

^c Programme de Lutte Contre la Cécité   (Senegal)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Control; Epidemiology; Review; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BLINDNESS; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EYE SURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHOMA;

BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRACHOMA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 77952252472     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02521.x     Document Type: Review

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