Use of validated community-based trachoma trichiasis (TT) case finders to measure the total backlog and detect when elimination threshold is achieved: a TT methodology paper

INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization recommends TT surveys to be conducted in adults aged 15+ years (TT 15 survey) and certifies elimination of TT as a public health problem when there is less than 1 unknown case per 1,000 people of all ages. There is no standard survey method to accurately c...

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Pubblicato in:Pan Afr Med J
Autori principali: Karimurio, Jefitha, Rono, Hillary, Njomo, Doris, Sironka, John, Kareko, Catherine, Gichangi, Michael, Barasa, Ernest, Mwangi, Alice, Ronald, Kefa, Kiio, Francis
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554690/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28819505
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.84.11266
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