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A Community-Based Trachoma Survey: Prevalence and Risk Factors in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia

Mengiste M. Mesfin Regional Health Bureau of Tigray, Department for Diseases Prevention and Control, Ethiopia
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Julio de la Camera Prof. Titular Oftalmologia, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Israel G. Tareke Regional Health Bureau of Tigray, Department for Diseases Prevention and Control, Ethiopia
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G. Amanual Regional Health Bureau of Tigray, Department for Diseases Prevention and Control, Ethiopia
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T. Araya Regional Health Bureau of Tigray, Department for Diseases Prevention and Control, Ethiopia
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Abbi M. Kedir University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Pages 173-181 | Received 28 Jan 2005, Accepted 21 Jan 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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