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Risk factors for active trachoma in The Gambia [PDF]

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008
Trachoma has been endemic in The Gambia for decades but national surveys indicate that the prevalence is falling. Risk factor data can help guide trachoma control efforts.
Martin J Holland
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Epidemiology and control of trachoma: systematic review [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2010
Trachoma is the commonest infectious cause of blindness. Recurrent episodes of infection with serovars A-C of Chlamydia trachomatis cause conjunctival inflammation in children who go on to develop scarring and blindness as adults.
Emma M Harding-Esch, Robin L Bailey, Matthew J Burton   +2 more
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Trachoma in Jimma Zone, South Western Ethiopia.

Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1997
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Assessment of Trachoma in Cambodia: Trachoma Is Not a Public Health Problem

Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2016
Anthony W Solomon, Paul Courtright, Rebecca Mann Flueckiger   +2 more
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Prevalence of Trachoma in Schoolchildren in Brazil

Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2016
Maria Regina Cardoso, Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna, Norma Helen Medina   +2 more
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Risk Factors for Active Trachoma and Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Treatment-Naïve Trachoma-Hyperendemic Communities of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BackgroundTrachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is hyperendemic on the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea Bissau. An understanding of the risk factors associated with active trachoma and infection on these remote and isolated ...
David Mabey, Emma M Harding-Esch, Sarah E Burr   +2 more
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Active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in two Gambian regions: on course for elimination by 2020? [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
BackgroundTrachoma has been endemic in The Gambia for decades. National trachoma control activities have been in place since the mid-1980's, but with no mass antibiotic treatment campaign.
Emma M Harding-Esch, Tansy Edwards, Ansumana Sillah, Isatou Sarr, Chrissy H Roberts, Paul Snell, Esther Aryee, Sandra Molina, Martin J Holland, David C W Mabey, Robin L Bailey   +10 more
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The Impact of Climatic Risk Factors on the Prevalence, Distribution, and Severity of Acute and Chronic Trachoma

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Background and objectivesTrachoma is the most common cause of infectious blindness. Hot, dry climates, dust and water scarcity are thought to be associated with the distribution of trachoma but the evidence is unclear.
Elena Schmidt, Sari Kovats, Clare E Gilbert   +2 more
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The Geographical Distribution and Burden of Trachoma in Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
BackgroundThere remains a lack of epidemiological data on the geographical distribution of trachoma to support global mapping and scale up of interventions for the elimination of trachoma.
Danny Haddad, Paul M. Emerson, Simon Brooker   +2 more
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Trachoma prevention practice and associated factors among mothers having children aged 1–9 years in Debre Markos Town, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2024 [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Trachoma is a serious disease that gets little attention. It has a higher impact on low-income population categories. Due to this reason, the World Health Organization plans to enhance SAFE strategies to boost community contribution.
Mekonnen Moges, Abraham Teym, Genanew Mulugeta Kassaw, Tigist Yilkal, Eshete Wondmeneh, Agernesh Ayele, Akalu Fetene Desalew, Yenewa Bewket, Balew Adane   +8 more
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