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The "F" in SAFE: Reliability of assessing clean faces for trachoma control in the field
BACKGROUND: Although facial cleanliness is part of the SAFE strategy for trachoma there is controversy over the reliability of measuring a clean face. A child’s face with no ocular and nasal discharge is clean and the endpoint of interest, regardless of the number of times it must be washed to achie...
Autores principales: | West, Sheila K., Ansah, Derick, Munoz, Beatriz, Funga, Nicodemus, Mkocha, Harran |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29190298 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006019 |
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