Risk of trachoma in a SAFE intervention area

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-59

  Roba, Assegid Aga ^a   Patel, Daksha ^b   Zondervan, Marcia ^b  

^a Hospital Central da Beira   (Mozambique)

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

Author keywords

Active trachoma; Blinding trachoma; Ethiopia; Risk factors; SAFE strategy; Trachoma trichiasis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; EYE SURGERY; FACE WASHING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRACHOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872309729     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: 15732630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-012-9632-3     Document Type: Article

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