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Blinding Trachoma in Postconflict Southern Sudan

BACKGROUND: Trachoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness. Reports from eye surgery camps and anecdotal data indicated that blinding trachoma is a serious cause of visual impairment in Mankien payam (district) of southern Sudan. We conducted this study to estimate the prevalence of trachoma,...

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Autores principales:	Ngondi, Jeremiah, Ole-Sempele, Francis, Onsarigo, Alice, Matende, Ibrahim, Baba, Samson, Reacher, Mark, Matthews, Fiona, Brayne, Carol, Emerson, Paul
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2006
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1702555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17177597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030478

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