- ►nih.gov [PDF] GE Al Arab, N Tawfik, R El Gendy, W Anwar, P … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 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 ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 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 ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 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 ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
A Paxton… - Ophthalmic epidemiology, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov This article presents a methodology for the rapid assessment of trachoma that
was validated against a prevalence survey, undertaken simultaneously in the same
12 villages in central Tanzania. The rapid assessment protocol suggests ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
TY Sukwa, TC Ngalande, DH Mwandu, S … - East African medical journal, 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 ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] AR Salim, HA Sheikh - British Medical Journal, 1975 - bjo.bmj.com The Sudan in its remote and recent history has been swept by epidemics of
different diseases, some of which have taken a heavy toll of the population-
malaria, yellow fever, Kala-azar, cerebrospinal meningitis, etc., are ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 6 versions
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
MO Madani, P Huguet, SP Mariotti, D … - Santé (Montrouge, France) - 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 ... Cited by 7 - Related articles
- ►kcco.net [DOC] EV Basilion, PM Kilima, VM Turner, JW … - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2002 - Elsevier Azithromycin (Zithromax ® , Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, USA) is effective in the
control of blinding trachoma. Community-based azithromycin treatment is
recommended by the World Health Organization as part of a multipronged ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
