The Geographical Distribution and Burden of Trachoma in Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Jennifer L ^a   Flueckiger, Rebecca M ^b   Hooper, Pamela J ^b   Polack, Sarah ^a   Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^c   Palmer, Stephanie L ^c   Emerson, Paul M ^c   Mabey, David C W ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^a   Haddad, Danny ^b   Brooker, Simon J ^a,d  

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

^b International Trachoma Initiative   (United States)

^c CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOGEN LOAD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 84883401516     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002359     Document Type: Review

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