Prevalelence Of Tachoma Among Children Attending Ketchene Debre-selam Elementary School In Addis Ababa And A Case-control Study Of Risk Factors In Their Home Environment
A total of 301 randomly selo c tod elumentaryrnscbool chllaren f rDm kG~uuene Th ur cse l oll slsillenGaryrnSChDOl A,ddis ilba oa , Nu L'0 tlAaflHhJ for Gr a CiJooa inrnJune - July, 1986 , and a motcllud case-control st udyrnwas carried out ~o taSG ~~U JsSO Cia~lon D~~uo~n thernoccurrance of GraC!1lJma and somu i'isk faco Drs i n thernhome environmutlt of the: studUIlIiS . Casas wuru allrntboso !;I;t ud81lts dia ~ llosucJ to Ui?VO aotivu traohoma ,rnmatch ~ d with tlOn-tr8ouomatous s Gud Qn~s Dy aso , sox,rnand ,j r vdo . Thul'o ,7as no sic nificant d i ff ~ r c ncu illrntba [JruvCllenco fat o ~ f traclloma bll t l/Utlll males illl0rnfomal os ilmOtlG thu stud'lnts . How