Trachoma rapid assessments in unity and Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal States, Southern Sudan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Robinson, Emily ^a   Kur, Lucia W ^b   Ndyaba, Aggrey ^a   Lado, Mounir ^b   Shafi, Juma ^c   Kabare, Emmanuel ^c   McClelland, R Scott ^d   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^a,e  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUDAN; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 78049241548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013138     Document Type: Article

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