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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Female Infertility: Possible Pathophysiological Mechanisms

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Battling female infertility has posed a global challenge, where neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are nonetheless a notable contributing factor. NTDs affect a variety of diseases, often of a chronic nature, which are often cited as some of the most lethal diseases operating against the most economically disadvantaged populations across the globe.
Moses Agbomhere Hamed, Olabanji Ahmed Surakat, Victor Olukayode Ekundina, Kabirat Bolajoko Jimoh, Adetomiwa Ezekiel Adeogun, Nafisat Omolola Akanji, Oluwafemi Joshua Babalola, Patrick Chukwunonso Eya, Rajib Chowdhury   +8 more
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The burden of and risk factors for active trachoma in the North and South Wollo Zones of Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
Background Trachoma is a disease of the eye, caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, which can lead to blindness if left untreated. Ethiopia is one of the most trachoma-affected countries in the world.
Beselam Tadesse, Alemayehu Worku, Abera Kumie, Solomon Abebe Yimer   +3 more
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Trachoma survey methods: a literature review

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2009
Reliable population-based prevalence data are essential for planning, monitoring and evaluating trachoma control programmes and understanding the scale of the problem, yet they are not currently available for 22 out of 56 trachoma-endemic countries ...
Jeremiah Ngondi, Mark Reacher, Fiona Matthews, Carol Brayne, Paul Emerson   +4 more
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Trachoma in remote Indigenous Australia: a review and public health perspective

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objectives: Trachoma remains a major health concern in many remote Indigenous Australian communities, despite behaviour‐modifying and biomedical strategies.
Johanna M. Warren, Alexander L. Birrell
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Trachoma Decline and Widespread Use of Antimicrobial Drugs

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Trachoma is disappearing in many parts of the world, even in the absence of specific control programs. Following mass antimicrobial drug treatments for trachoma in western Nepal, the prevalence of trachoma declined far more rapidly than could be ...
Jaya D. Chidambaram, Mariko Bird, Vivian Schiedler, Alicia M. Fry, Travis Porco, Ramesh C. Bhatta, Hem Jha, J.S.P. Chaudary, Bruce Gaynor, Elizabeth Yi, John P. Whitcher, Susie Osaki-Holm, Thomas M. Lietman   +12 more
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Prevalence of Active Trachoma and Associated Factors in Areka Town, South Ethiopia, 2018

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background. Globally, 1.2 billion people live in trachoma endemic areas, 40.6 million people are suffering from active trachoma, and 48.5% of the global burden of active trachoma is distributed in five countries including Ethiopia.
Melese Menta Alambo, Eyasu Alam Lake, Shimelash Bitew Workie, Addisu Yeshambel Wassie   +3 more
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The History of Trachoma and Current Prevalence (Spotlight on Iran): A Review Article

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2018
Background: Trachoma as a common cause of infectious blindness is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. This study aimed to review the available data from variety of sources and provide an overview of the epidemiological situation of Trachoma in Iran focused ...
Gholamhossein YAGHOOBI, Gholamreza ANANI SARAB   +1 more
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Conjunctival Microbiome-Host Responses Are Associated With Impaired Epithelial Cell Health in Both Early and Late Stages of Trachoma

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019
Background: Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease, is the leading infectious cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide. Host responses to ocular chlamydial infection resulting in chronic inflammation and expansion of non-chlamydial bacteria are
Harry Pickering, Christine D. Palmer, Joanna Houghton, Pateh Makalo, Hassan Joof, Tamsyn Derrick, Adriana Goncalves, David C. W. Mabey, Robin L. Bailey, Matthew J. Burton, Chrissy H. Roberts, Sarah E. Burr, Sarah E. Burr, Martin J. Holland, Martin J. Holland   +14 more
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Follicular trachoma and trichiasis prevalence in an urban community in The Gambia, West Africa: is there a need to include urban areas in national trachoma surveillance? [PDF]

, 2013
E Quicke, Ansumana Sillah, Emma M. Harding‐Esch, Anna Last, Hassan Joof, Pateh Makalo, Robin L. Bailey, Sarah E. Burr   +7 more
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National Comprehensive Trachoma Treatment Campaign: Community Monitoring of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Coverage and Practices

, 2022
Hassan Abdulwahab Al-Shamahy
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