Publications by authors named "Demeke Fantaye"
Purpose: To describe the relationship between the clinical exam for trachoma and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for ocular chlamydia.
Methods: One hundred children in a trachoma-endemic area of Ethiopia were examined three times and swabbed twice for PCR analysis. The assays were compared, and an analysis of the variance between exam and PCR was performed.
Objective: To study the outcome of bilamellar tarsal rotation (BTR) trichiasis surgery performed by ophthalmologists versus that done by integrated eye care workers (IECWs).
Design: Randomized prospective interventional trial.
Participants: Nine hundred eighty-two patients with various degrees of trachomatous trichiasis in central Ethiopia.