Podoconiosis, trachomatous trichiasis and cataract in northern Ethiopia: a 1 comparative cross sectional study
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Podoconiosis, trachomatous trichiasis and cataract in northern Ethiopia: a 1 comparative cross sectional study 2 3 Authors 4 Helen Burn1*, Sintayehu Aweke2¶, Tariku Wondie2¶, Esmael Habtamu2,3, Kebede Deribe1,4, Saul 5 Rajak5,3, Stephen Bremner6, Gail Davey1. 6 7 Affiliations 8 1. Wellcome Trust Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical 9 School, Brighton, UK. 10 2. The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11 3. International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. 12 4. School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 13 5. Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, UK; 14 6. Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK 15 16 Corresponding Author 17 ¶ These authors contributed equally to this work 18
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Podoconiosis, trachomatous trichiasis and cataract in northern Ethiopia: A comparative cross sectional study
BACKGROUND Rural populations in low-income countries commonly suffer from the co-morbidity of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Podoconiosis, trachomatous trichiasis (both NTDs) and cataract are common causes of morbidity among subsistence farmers in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. We explored whether podoconiosis was associated with cataract or trachomatous trichiasis (TT) among this pop...
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