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Prevalence and factors associated with trachoma among children aged 1–9 years in Zala district, Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Trachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. It is common in areas where people are socioeconomically deprived. Globally, approximately 1.2 billion people live in trachoma-endemic areas, in which, 40.6 million individuals have active trachoma and 8.2 million have tri...

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Autores principales: Mengistu, Kassahun, Shegaze, Mulugeta, Woldemichael, Kifle, Gesesew, Hailay, Markos, Yohannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5010175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621585
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S107619