PJ Dolin, H Faal, GJ Johnson, J Ajewole, AA … - British Journal of …, 1998 - bjo.bmj.com BACKGROUND As part of the second National Survey of Blindness and Low Vision in the Gambia
carried out in 1996, all survey participants were examined for signs of trachoma. The findings
were compared with the results of the first survey in 1986, which used the same sampling ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
TY Sukwa, TC Ngalande, DH Mwandu, S … - East African medical …, 1992 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov A cross-sectional population based study was done to provide information on the extent to which
xerophthalmia and trachoma contribute to blindness in the valley population. A total of 4271
children aged under 6 years and 2503 individuals aged 6 years and more were ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 4 versions
MM Rabiu, MB Alhassan, A Abiose - Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2001 - informahealthcare.com Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the International Eye Foundation, USA for providing
the grant for the conduct of the survey. The Katsina State Ministry of Health and the Kaita Local
Government Area council have been very supportive to the survey. Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
N Zerihun - Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1997 - interscience.wiley.com A population-based survey on trachoma was carried out in Jimma zone. The survey showed
that trachoma is hyperendemic: of 7,423 people examined, 33.02% had signs of trachoma,
28.9% of males and 37.01% of females; 26.13% of the urban and 34.09% of the rural ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
H Limburg, M Bah, GJ Johnson - Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2001 - informahealthcare.com Acknowledgements: The fieldwork for the TRA trial and validation, as well as the door-to- door
survey, was generously supported by Sight Savers International. The preparation of the TRA
trial and the data analysis were funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. The ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►iovs.org MJ Burton, MJ Holland, N Faal, EAN Aryee, NDE … - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2003 - ARVO PURPOSE. Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. Control strategies
target antibiotic therapy to individuals likely to be infected with Chlamydia trachomatis on the
basis of clinical signs. However, many studies have found chlamydial infection in the ... Cited by 53 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
MO Madani, P Huguet, SP Mariotti, D Dezoumbe, … - Santé (Montrouge, … - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov A regional survey was carried out in Chad in 2000 and 2001 to estimate the prevalence and
severity of trachoma. The main objectives were to describe the epidemiological pattern in terms
of prevalence of inflammatory trachoma and blinding complications in two sub-samples of ... Cited by 7 - Related articles
GE Al Arab, N Tawfik, R El Gendy, W Anwar, P … - British Journal of …, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com BACKGROUND Evidence of widespread distribution of trachoma in Egypt had not been clarified
as previous surveys were limited to individual communities which may not have been representative
of the general population. The Nile Delta of Egypt presents a unique environment for ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
SK WEST, B MUNOZ, VM TURNER, BBO Mmbaga, HR … - International Journal of …, 1991 - IEA West SK (Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Institute, The Johns Hopkins
University, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA) Munoz B, Turner VM, Mmbaga
BBO and Taylor H R. The epidemi- ology of trachoma in Central Tanzania. International ... Cited by 114 - Related articles - All 3 versions
AD Négrel, B Massembo-Yako, E Botaka, DC … - Bull WHO, 1990 - whqlibdoc.who.int Prévalence et causes de la cécité au Congo A.-D. Négrel,1 B. Massembo-Yako,2 E. Botaka,2
DC Minassian,3 & R. Coddy- Zitsamélé" Pour la première fois en Afrique equatoriale et
centrale, une enquête nationale de prévalence de la cécité et des maladies оси/aires a ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 5 versions
