Active trachoma among children in Mali: Clustering and environmental risk factors.

• Main Authors: Mathieu Hägi (Author), Jean-François Schémann (Author), Frédéric Mauny (Author), Germain Momo (Author), Doulaye Sacko (Author), Lamine Traoré (Author), Denis Malvy (Author), Jean-François Viel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Active trachoma is not uniformly distributed in endemic areas, and local environmental factors influencing its prevalence are not yet adequately understood. Determining whether clustering is a consistent phenomenon may help predict likely modes of transmission and help to determine the a...