Prevalence of Trachoma among Children Attending Ketchene Debre-Selam Elementary School in Addis Ababa and a Case-Control Study of Risk Factors in Their Home Environment.
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1986-09
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Addis Abeba Universty
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A total of 301 randomly selected elementary school children from ketchene Debreselam elementary school ,Addis Ababa ,Were examined for Trachoma in June - July, 1986 , and a matched case-control study was carried out to test the Association between the occurrence of Trachoma and some risk factors in home environment of the students. Casas all those students diagnosed to have active trachoma , matched with non-traouomatous students by age, sex and grade. There was no significant difference in the prevalence rate of trachoma between Males and Females among the students.
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Tachoma, Children , Ketchene Debre-Selam