Bacterial infection in scarring trachoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2181-2186

  Hu, Victor H ^a,b   Massae, Patrick ^b   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Chevallier, Caroline ^c,d   Onyango, Jecinta J ^d   Afwamba, Isaac A ^d   Mabey, David C W ^a   Bailey, Robin L ^a   Burton, Matthew J ^a,b  

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

^b Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHOMATOUS SCARRING; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956045405     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5829     Document Type: Article

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