The prevalence of blinding trachoma in northern states of Sudan.

• Main Authors: Awad Hassan (Author), Jeremiah M Ngondi (Author), Jonathan D King (Author), Balgesa E Elshafie (Author), Ghada Al Ginaid (Author), Mazin Elsanousi (Author), Zeinab Abdalla (Author), Nabil Aziz (Author), Dieudonne Sankara (Author), Victoria Simms (Author), Elizabeth A Cromwell (Author), Paul M Emerson (Author), Kamal H Binnawi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Despite historical evidence of blinding trachoma, there have been no widespread contemporary surveys of trachoma prevalence in the northern states of Sudan. We aimed to conduct district-level surveys in this vast region in order to map the extent of the problem and estimate the need for...