M Myatt, H Limburg, D Minassian, D Katyola - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003 - SciELO Public Health Keywords: Trachoma/epidemiology; Prevalence; Quality assurance, Health care;
Sampling studies; Validation studies; Health surveys; Cnfidence intervals;
Sensitivity and specificity; Predictive value of tests; Malawi (source: ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 26 versions
SK West - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2004 - Elsevier Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. The World
Health Organization (WHO) estimated that approximately 5.9 million persons are
blind or have severe vision-loss as a result of trachoma, and another 10 ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►ajtmh.org JA Kumaresan, JW Mecaskey - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2003 - ASTMH Trachoma is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness. It affects
approximately 150 million people living in the world's poorest, rural
communities and causes an estimated loss of $2.9 billion in productivity ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
P Courtright, SK West - Emerg Infect Dis, 2004 - origin.cdc.gov Globally, trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Survey data
consistently show that trachoma-related blindness is two to four times higher in
women than men. Tracing the increased risk for trachoma and its ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - Cached - All 9 versions
- ►ajtmh.org SK West - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2003 - ASTMH Trachoma, the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, differentially
affects the poorest communities, which may have the least access to resources.
With the establishment of the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
HR Wright, A Turner, HR Taylor - The Lancet, 2008 - Elsevier Trachoma is a keratoconjunctivitis caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia
trachomatis. Repeated or persistent episodes lead to increasingly severe
inflammation that can progress to scarring of the upper tarsal conjunctiva. ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 5 versions
M Myatt, NP Mai, NQ Quynh, NH Nga, HH Tai, … - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005 - SciELO Public Health Keywords: Trachoma/epidemiology/prevention and control; Health surveys; Data
collection/methods; Cross-sectional studies; Sampling studies; Schools; Child;
Viet Nam (source: MeSH, NLM). ... OBJECTIF: Rendre compte de ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 15 versions
VC Lansingh, MJ Carter - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2007 - Elsevier With the advent of VISION 2020 and GET 2020 inaugurated by the World Health
Organization, it is timely to provide an update of the methodology employed in
trachoma surveys, given that a significant number of individuals in many ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 18 versions
S Watts - Emerging infectious diseases, 2004 - cdc.gov Women play a major role in domestic water management in areas where safe water
and drainage are not available in the house. In these settings, women are
typically responsible for collecting, storing, and using water and for ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 9 versions
