Prevalence of trachoma in the Far North region of Cameroon: results of a survey in 27 Health Districts

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 7; no. 5; p. e2240
• Main Authors: Noa Noatina, Blaise, Kagmeni, Giles, Mengouo, Marcellin Nimpa, Moungui, Henri Claude, Tarini, Ann, Zhang, Yaobi, Bella, Assumpta Lucienne Françoise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.05.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cameroon - epidemiology; Care and treatment; Child; Child, Preschool; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnosis; Disease; Distribution; Endemic Diseases; Female; Health care access; Humans; Infant; Male; Medicine; Methods; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Public health; Trachoma; Trachoma - epidemiology; Tropical diseases; Young Adult; Cameroon; Cameroon; Prevalence; Cross-Sectional Studies; Humans; Middle Aged; Child, Preschool; Trachoma; Infant; Male; Endemic Diseases; Young Adult; Aged, 80 & over; Adolescent; Adult; Female; Aged; Child

Cameroon is known to be endemic with trachoma. To appreciate the burden of the disease and facilitate the national planning of trachoma control in the integrated control program for the neglected tropical diseases, an epidemiological mapping of trachoma was conducted in the Far North region in 2010-...