Prevalelence of Tachoma 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 selo c tod elumentary
scbool chllaren f rDm kG~uuene Th ur cse l oll slsillenGary
SChDOl A,ddis ilba oa , Nu L'0 tlAaflHhJ for Gr a CiJooa in
June - July, 1986 , and a motcllud case-control st udy
was carried out ~o taSG ~~U JsSO Cia~lon D~~uo~n the
occurrance of GraC!1lJma and somu i'isk faco Drs i n the
home environmutlt of the: studUIlIiS . Casas wuru all
tboso !;I;t ud81lts dia ~ llosucJ to Ui?VO aotivu traohoma ,
match ~ d with tlOn-tr8ouomatous s Gud Qn~s Dy aso , sox,
and ,j r vdo . Thul'o ,7as no sic nificant d i ff ~ r c ncu ill
tba [JruvCllenco fat o ~ f traclloma bll t l/Utlll males illl0
fomal os ilmOtlG thu stud'lnts . How<lve r , thu [Jr uvaloncCl
ratu of active tracnoma amonG tho stud unts ducroasud
sic;nificantly '.;ith Cl 1;U ' "llOne various risK factors .. ,
studiud in the homu unvironmutlt of DOGh casus and
~ontrol . 3 rou[Js , tractloma ~ as sic nificantly moru
pr tlva1 0nG amonc tbo fauill ~s of c~sus than amons
tbos~ of controls .
Also , childr un in thu cOD~rol Group washtld
th ~ ir fac~s 81 loast oncu a wuck si~nificantly
morc oitu n, tllan tnDSel cbildron lon "nu casu Gl'OU[l .
Conc ornin", tho r ust; of tuo risl~ ia CGDrS uudor ttlis
study , tbor u was no s i GniAic Bn t association witb
thc occurr onCQ of 1raCUDoa.
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Prevalelence of Tachoma among Children Attending Ketchene Debre-Selam