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Trachoma elimination in Latin America: prioritization of municipalities for surveillance activities
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019 Objective. To identify and prioritize municipalities in 22 countries of Latin America for trachoma surveillance activities, to measure the absence or prevalence of trachoma, and to support validation and trachoma elimination efforts in the Region of the ...
Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz +5 more
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THE TREATMENT OF TRACHOMA AND TRACHOMA SEQUELÆ. [PDF]
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1896 Trachoma cases come to us for treatment not only in all stages and states of active disease—such as acute, sub-acute and chronic—but also after the affection has worn itself out; been consumed by its own fire, so to speak, and we have to do only with its effects; and every phase of the morbid process, every attendant complication and, lastly, every ...
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundActive trachoma is a highly contagious ongoing stage of trachoma that predominantly occurs during childhood in an endemic area. This study assessed the prevalence and factors associated with active trachoma among school-aged children ...
Dawit Getachew +9 more
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Blinding trachoma among refugees: complicating social disaster
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2015 Objective:: To determine the prevalence of blinding trachoma among refugees in South Western Ethiopia. Methods:: A cross-sectional outreach clinic based descriptive study was conducted on 1 054 refugees in Southwest Ethiopia.
Yeshigeta Gelaw, Aemero Abateneh
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Antibiotics for trachoma [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2011 Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. In 1997 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched an Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by the year 2020, based on the 'SAFE' strategy (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness and environmental improvement).To assess the evidence supporting the antibiotic arm of the SAFE ...
Anthony W. Solomon, Jennifer R Evans
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017 Background Trachoma is an infectious eye disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, which is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. In areas where trachoma is endemic, active trachoma is common among preschool-aged children, with varying ...
Ayanaw Tsega Ferede +3 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.
Jennifer L Smith +10 more
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Relationship between Community Drug Administration Strategy and Changes in Trachoma Prevalence, 2007 to 2013. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BACKGROUND:Australia is the only high income country with persisting endemic trachoma. A national control program involving mass drug administration with oral azithromycin, in place since 2006, has some characteristics which differ from programs in low ...
Bette Liu +7 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background Trachoma is a neglected eye disease and an important cause of preventable corneal blindness. In endemic areas, initial infection can occur in early childhood and following a recurrent episodes, it progresses to scarring and visual impairment ...
Mesfin Wudu Kassaw +4 more
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