title: [Trachoma prevalence in the Sahel: report of a 1978 survey in Gourma area (Mali) (author's transl)].
abstract: Report of a survey conducted in 1978 in the Niger sweep on a population consisting for one third of adults and for two thirds of children and adolescents. 2.571 persons have been controlled, giving evidence of 441 cases of trachoma (17,15 p. 100), 327 of which were evolutive and 114 cicatricial; 30,4 p. 100 of the cases were severe and 10 p. 100 suffered of a loss of visual acuity.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali; D014141:Trachoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Réalité du trachome au Sahel. A propos d'une enquête dans la région du Gourma (Mali) 1978.