ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2011
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in school children in Rwanda and its association with socio-economic status: a population-based survey.
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- Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: A Systematic Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of vernal keratoconjunctivitis and its associated factors among children in Gambella town, southwest Ethiopia, June 2018.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Seeing eye to eye: a modified Delphi method-based multidisciplinary expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis among a Ghanaian clinical cohort: A case-control study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Increased dendritic cell density and altered morphology in allergic conjunctivitis.Eye (London, England) · 2023Observational
- Dendritiform immune cells with reduced antigen-capture capacity persist in the cornea during the asymptomatic phase of allergic conjunctivitis.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Prevalence and patterns of childhood ocular morbidity in Kinshasa. A population-based study.Global epidemiology · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Pattern of Ocular Morbidity among School Children in Southern Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2021Article
- Lack of Consistent Association between Asthma, Allergic Diseases, and Intestinal Helminth Infection in School-Aged Children in the Province of Bengo, Angola.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Parasites and allergy: Observations from Africa.Parasite immunology · 2019Review
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- Prevalence and associated factors of vernal keratoconjunctivitis among children in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia.BMC ophthalmology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is an allergic eye disease and an important cause of hospital referral among children in Africa and Asia. Hospital-based studies have suggested a role for parasites in its pathogenesis. To determine the prevalence and risk factors for VKC in Central Africa, we conducted a nested population-based case control study in Rwanda, involving randomly selected primary schools from different environments (rural/urban) and climate. A prevalence of VKC of 4.0% (95% confidence interval 3.3-4.7%) was found among 3,041 children studied (participation rate 94.7%). The intestinal parasitic burden was not related to VKC. Besides hot dry climate (odds ratio [OR] = 1.5, P = 0.05) and male gender (OR = 1.7, P = 0.005), multivariate analysis identified higher economic status as a risk for VKC (OR = 1.4, P = 0.005). The effect on VKC of higher economic status appears not to act through differences in parasitic intestinal load.
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