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Active Trachoma Cases in the Solomon Islands Have Varied Polymicrobial Community Structures but Do Not Associate with Individual Non-Chlamydial Pathogens of the Eye

Frontiers in Medicine, 2018
BackgroundSeveral non-chlamydial microbial pathogens are associated with clinical signs of active trachoma in trachoma-endemic communities with a low prevalence of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection.
Robert M. R. Butcher, Oliver Sokana, Kelvin Jack, Eric Kalae, Leslie Sui, Charles Russell, Joanna Houghton, Christine Palmer, Martin J. Holland, Richard T. Le Mesurier, Anthony W. Solomon, David C. W. Mabey, Chrissy h. Roberts   +12 more
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Estimating household and community transmission of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis. [PDF]

, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Community-wide administration of antibiotics is one arm of a four-pronged strategy in the global initiative to eliminate blindness due to trachoma. The potential impact of more efficient, targeted treatment of infected households depends on
Anthony W Solomon, Muñoz Beatriz, Solomon, AW, Martin J Holland, Manoj Gambhir, Sheila West, Gambhir Manoj, Bailey Robin L., West, S, Basáñez María-Gloria, María-Gloria Basáñez, Bailey, RL, David C W Mabey, Basanez, M-G, Basáñez, María-Gloria, Grassly, NC, Nicholas C Grassly, Munoz, B, Mabey, DCW, Solomon, Anthony W, Gambhir, Manoj, Blake Isobel M., Blake, Isobel M, Solomon Anthony W., Burton, Matthew J, Burton Matthew J., Mabey David C. W., Grassly, Nicholas C, Beatriz Muñoz, Muñoz, Beatriz, Robin L Bailey, Holland, MJ, Bailey, Robin L, West, Sheila, Holland, Martin J, Blake, IM, Gambhir, M, West Sheila, Grassly Nicholas C., Isobel M Blake, Matthew J Burton, Holland Martin J., Mabey, David CW, Burton, MJ   +43 more
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The SAFE strategy for trachoma control: poised for rapid scale-up

Community Eye Health Journal, 2014
In 1998, all member states of the United Nations signed up for the Global Alliance for the Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020) through World Health Assembly resolution 51.1. This called on member states to complete the mapping of blinding
Paul Emerson
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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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Aureomycin in Trachoma [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1950
INanearlier communication (Boase, 1950)itwassuggestecl that aureomycin (Lederle) dropswereveryeffective inthetreatmenit of trachoma. Thatopinion wasbasedonasmallnumberofcases, noneofwhom hasreappeared witharelapse. Thepresent report deals with36cases, thelast fourincluded beingatadisadvantage asthesupply ofaureomycin gaveoutafter onlythree days ...
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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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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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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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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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Cost-effectiveness of adding measurement of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and serology to trachoma prevalence surveys in Tanzania and Mozambique.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundAccurate methods to measure trachoma prevalence are critical to monitor progress and guide mass drug administration as countries near elimination.
Emily C Decker, Molly W Adams, William E Oswald, Rebecca M Flueckiger, Jeremiah M Ngondi, Mawo Fall, Ezgi E Yilmaz, Lisa C Brooks, George Kabona, Henis Mior Sitoe, Mabula Kasubi, Tamimo Momade, Thomas M Lietman, Thuy Doan, Rachel D Stelmach   +14 more
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