title: [Trachoma in North Cameroon].
abstract: A study was carried out in the North of Cameroon concerning the frequency of trachomatous blindness among 3,326 cases of blindness. A 4.63% frequency was found. The results show a 2 women for one man sex ratio and differences between the studied ethnic groups. The role of hygiene is stressed in order to explain these numbers.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophthalmologie, C.H.U. La Miletrie, Poitiers.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mage
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Guillaume
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ingrand
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Maurin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Risse
mesh_terms: D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D014141:Trachoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology
vernacular_title: Trachome au Nord Cameroun.