Trachoma among children in community surveys from four African Countries and implications of using school surveys for evaluating prevalence

International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 280-287

  King, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c   Utzinger, Jü rg ^b,c   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^d   Bamani, Sanoussi ^e   Kamissoko, Yaya ^a   Boubicar, Kadri ^f   Hassan, Adamou Sabo ^a   Nwobi, Benjamin C ^g   Jip, Nimzing ^a   Amnie, Asrat ^h,i   Teferi, Tesfaye ^a   Mosher, Aryc W ^a   Stewart, Aisha E P ^a   Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministry of Health   (Mali)

^f Programme National de la Lutte Contre la Cécité   (Niger)

^g Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Amhara National Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Neglected tropical diseases; School attendance; Sub Sahara Africa; Surveys; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; NIGER; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TRACHOMA;

NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SUB-SAHARA AFRICA; SURVEYS; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALI; NEGLECTED DISEASES; NIGER; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 84890061649     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/iht027     Document Type: Article

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