Trachoma and Relative Poverty: A Case-Control Study

Trachoma has long been considered a disease of poverty. However, there is surprisingly little direct data that formally quantifies the relationship between trachoma and economic poverty, and none that specifically focuses on trichiasis. We compared 200 people with trachomatous trichiasis (TT) to 200...

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Main Authors: Habtamu, Esmael, Wondie, Tariku, Aweke, Sintayehu, Tadesse, Zerihun, Zerihun, Mulat, Zewdie, Zebideru, Callahan, Kelly, Emerson, Paul M., Kuper, Hannah, Bailey, Robin L., Mabey, David C. W., Rajak, Saul N., Polack, Sarah, Weiss, Helen A., Burton, Matthew J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4657919/