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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Trachoma: Cross-Country Inequalities, 1990–2021, with Projections to 2040

Ophthalmology and Therapy
Introduction In this work, we aim to evaluate the trends and cross-country inequalities of the global trachoma burden from 1990 to 2021 and to project its burden to 2040. Methods This study was a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study
Yang Meng, Furong Li, Shun Zeng, Chaoqun Liang, Wei Chi   +4 more
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Current status of trachoma elimination in Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
T. Gebre, A. Kello, P. Emerson
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Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages

Nature Communications, 2016
Chlamydia trachomatis isolates causing a blinding disease (trachoma) form a single lineage that is different from the lineages causing urogenital infections. Here, Andersson et al.
Patiyan Andersson, Simon R. Harris, Helena M. B. Seth Smith, James Hadfield, Colette O’Neill, Lesley T. Cutcliffe, Fiona P. Douglas, L. Valerie Asche, John D. Mathews, Susan I. Hutton, Derek S. Sarovich, Steven Y. C. Tong, Ian N. Clarke, Nicholas R. Thomson, Philip M. Giffard   +14 more
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The impact of health promotion on trachoma knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) of staff in three work settings in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundGlobally, trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness and Australia is the only developed country with endemic trachoma. It is found in remote Indigenous communities burdened with poverty, overcrowding and poor hygiene.
Fiona D Lange, Kelly Jones, Rebecca Ritte, Haley E Brown, Hugh R Taylor   +4 more
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The Added Value of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Mass Drug Administration for Reducing the Prevalence of Trachoma: A Systematic Review Examining [PDF]

, 2013
Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. The SAFE strategy, the World Health Organization-recommended method to eliminate blinding trachoma, combines developments in water, sanitation, surgery, and antibiotic treatment.
Travers, Anyess R, Stauber, Christine E., Palmer, Stephanie L., Strasser, Sheryl M.   +3 more
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Studies of human immune responses to various antigenic proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis [PDF]

Chlamydiae are gram-negative bacteria which cause diverse diseases of humans and animals. Chlamydia trachomatis, the focus of this work, causes the blinding eye disease trachoma, and reproductive tract infections.
Felton, John Mark
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The global trachoma mapping project. [PDF]

, 2014
In the largest disease-mapping project ever conducted, health workers trained by the Global Trachoma Mapping Project have already examined the eyelids of more than 1 million people in nearly 1,000 districts since December 2012.
Anthony W Solomon, Elizabeth Kurylo, Solomon, Anthony W, Kurylo, Elizabeth   +3 more
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Trachoma

BMJ, 2001
Nicole, Fraser-Hurt, Denise, Mabey
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TRACHOMA [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1926
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Terramycin in Trachoma [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1954
G, PAVKOVIC-BUGARSKI, M, CVETOJEVIC
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