Trachoma and Relative Poverty: A Case-Control Study.

• Main Authors: Esmael Habtamu (Author), Tariku Wondie (Author), Sintayehu Aweke (Author), Zerihun Tadesse (Author), Mulat Zerihun (Author), Zebideru Zewdie (Author), Kelly Callahan (Author), Paul M Emerson (Author), Hannah Kuper (Author), Robin L Bailey (Author), David C W Mabey (Author), Saul N Rajak (Author), Sarah Polack (Author), Helen A Weiss (Author), Matthew J Burton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Trachoma is widely considered a disease of poverty. Although there are many epidemiological studies linking trachoma to factors normally associated with poverty, formal quantitative data linking trachoma to household economic poverty within endemic communities is very limited. METHODOLOGY...