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Environmental, socioeconomic, and health-system factors associated with NTD hotspots in southern Nigeria: a mixed-methods study. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Infect Dis
Bosede AO   +6 more
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Trachoma

Lancet, The, 2008
Trachoma is a keratoconjunctivitis caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. Repeated or persistent episodes lead to increasingly severe inflammation that can progress to scarring of the upper tarsal conjunctiva. Trichiasis develops when scarring distorts the upper eyelid sufficiently to cause one or more lashes to abrade the cornea ...
Hugh R Taylor
exaly   +7 more sources

Trachoma

Lancet, The, 2014
Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness. Repeated episodes of infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in childhood lead to severe conjunctival inflammation, scarring, and potentially blinding inturned eyelashes (trichiasis or entropion) in later life.
Hugh R Taylor, Danny Haddad, Sheila West
exaly   +4 more sources

Trachoma

Lancet, The, 2003
Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness. It is caused by ocular serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis. Transmission is favoured in poor communities, where crowding is common and access to water and sanitation inadequate. Repeated reinfection over many years causes dense scarring of the upper eyelid.
Allen Foster, David C Mabey
exaly   +3 more sources

Trachoma

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2022
Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with conjunctival strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. It can result in blindness. Pathophysiologically, trachoma is a disease complex composed of two linked chronic processes: a recurrent, generally subclinical infectious–inflammatory disease that mostly affects children, and a non-communicable,
Anthony W, Solomon   +6 more
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