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Trachoma risk factors in Oromia Region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness, is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). Despite enormous disease control efforts and encouraging progress, trachoma remains a significant public health problem in 44 countries. Ethiopia has the greatest burden of trachom...
Autores principales: | Shafi Abdurahman, Oumer, Last, Anna, Macleod, David, Habtamu, Esmael, Versteeg, Bart, Dumessa, Gebeyehu, Guye, Meseret, Nure, Rufia, Adugna, Dereje, Miecha, Hirpha, Greenland, Katie, Burton, Matthew J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37934731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011679 |
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