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A cross-sectional survey of water and clean faces in trachoma endemic communities in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Face washing is important to interrupt the transmission of trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. We aimed to assess the household and personal factors that affected water use and face washing practices in Kongwa, Tanzania. METHODS: We conducted a household water...

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Autores principales:	Rog, Morgan, Swenor, Bonnielin, Cajas-Monson, Luis C, Mchiwe, Wilson, Kiboko, Steven, Mkocha, Harran, West, Sheila
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2011
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21702954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-495

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