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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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

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Pages 173-181 | Received 28 Jan 2005, Accepted 21 Jan 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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