Reliability of trachoma clinical grading--assessing grading of marginal cases.

Reliability of trachoma clinical grading--assessing grading of marginal cases.

Clinical examination of trachoma is used to justify intervention in trachoma-endemic regions. Currently, field graders are certified by determining their concordance with experienced graders using the kappa statistic. Unfortunately, trachoma grading can be highly variable and there are cases where e...

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Main Authors: Salman A Rahman, Sun N Yu, Abdou Amza, Sintayehu Gebreselassie, Boubacar Kadri, Nassirou Baido, Nicole E Stoller, Joseph P Sheehan, Travis C Porco, Bruce D Gaynor, Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4006735?pdf=render

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