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Trachoma-associated morbidity and mortality in Brazil: an ecological study focusing on hospitalization and mortality data, 2000−2022 [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is a neglected tropical disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The objective of this study was to analyze the trachoma-associated morbidity and mortality in Brazil from ...
Adjoane Maurício Silva Maciel, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Nádia Maria Girão Saraiva de Almeida, Manuella Maurício Silva Maciel, Taynara Lais Silva, Mirele Coelho Araújo, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr   +7 more
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Trachoma in the Gambia [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998
As part of the second National Survey of Blindness and Low Vision in the Gambia carried out in 1996, all survey participants were examined for signs of trachoma. The findings were compared with the results of the first survey in 1986, which used the same sampling strategy.A multistage stratified cluster random sample, with proportional probability ...
P J, Dolin, H, Faal, G J, Johnson, J, Ajewole, A A, Mohamed, P S, Lee   +5 more
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Conjunctival transcriptome in scarring trachoma. [PDF]

, 2010
Trachoma is a poorly understood immunofibrogenic disease process, initiated by Chlamydia trachomatis. Differences in conjunctival gene expression profiles between Ethiopians with trachomatous trichiasis (with [TTI] or without [TT] inflammation) and ...
Saul N. Rajak, Tolbert, Sonda B, David C. W. Mabey, Weiss, Helen A, Burton, Matthew J, Shoo, Alice, Helen A. Weiss, Manjurano, Alphaxard, Habtamu, Esmail, Martin J. Holland, Emerson, Paul M, Bailey, Robin L, Julien Bauer, Holland, Martin J, Alphaxard Manjurano, Matthew J. Burton, Sonda B. Tolbert, Paul M. Emerson, Esmail Habtamu, Alice Shoo, Mabey, David CW, Bauer, Julien, Rajak, Saul N, Robin L. Bailey   +23 more
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High prevalence of active trachoma and associated factors among school-aged children in Southwest Ethiopia.

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, Fekede Woldekidan, Gizachew Ayele, Yordanos Bekele, Samrawit Sleshi, Eyob Tekalgn, Teshale Worku, Mengistu Ayenew, Biruk Bogale, Abyot Asres   +9 more
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Haptoglobin and sickle cell polymorphisms and risk of active trachoma in Gambian children. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Susceptibility and resistance to trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness, have been associated with a range of host genetic factors.
Doherty, CP, Andrew M Prentice, Martin J. Holland, Hennig, Branwen J, Bailey Robin, Kirk A Rockett, Fulford Anthony J., Kwiatkowski, DP, Fulford, AJ, Sharon E. Cox, Kwiatkowski, Dominic, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Kwiatkowski Dominic P., Kirk A. Rockett, Sharon E Cox, Rockett, KA, Hennig Branwen J., Fulford, Anthony J, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski, Holland, MJ, Holland, Martin J, Cox, Sharon E, Mathilde Savy, Holland Martin J., Robin Bailey, Prentice, AM, Sirugo, G, Martin J Holland, Prentice, Andrew M, Anthony J Fulford, Sirugo, Giorgio, Bailey, Robin, Savy Mathilde, Conor P Doherty, Rockett, Kirk A, Bailey, R, Branwen J Hennig, Cox Sharon E., Doherty, Conor P, Cox, SE, Savy, M, Rockett Kirk A., Andrew M. Prentice, Prentice Andrew M., Anthony J. Fulford, Hennig, BJ, Conor P. Doherty, Sirugo Giorgio, Savy, Mathilde, Doherty Conor P., Branwen J. Hennig, Kwiatkowski, Dominic P, Giorgio Sirugo   +52 more
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Profound and sustained reduction in Chlamydia trachomatis in The Gambia: a five-year longitudinal study of trachoma endemic communities. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The elimination of blinding trachoma focuses on controlling Chlamydia trachomatis infection through mass antibiotic treatment and measures to limit transmission.
Sandra Cohuet, David C. W. Mabey, Sillah, Ansumana, Martin J Holland, Angels Natividad, Martin J. Holland, Esther A N Aryee, Alexander, Neal DE, David C W Mabey, Aryee, Esther AN, Makalo, Pateh, Natividad, Angels, Neal D. E. Alexander, Pateh Makalo, Ansumana Sillah, Burton, Matthew J, Neal D E Alexander, Robin L Bailey, Bailey, Robin L, Holland, Martin J, Esther A. N. Aryee, Matthew J. Burton, Matthew J Burton, Mabey, David CW, Cohuet, Sandra, Robin L. Bailey   +25 more
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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial infection in scarring trachoma. [PDF]

, 2010
PURPOSE: To assess whether non-chlamydial bacterial infection is associated with trachomatous scarring in adults. METHODS: This was a case-control study of 360 cases with trachomatous scarring but without trichiasis, and 360 controls without scarring ...
Chevallier, Caroline, Afwamba, Isaac A, David C. W. Mabey, Weiss, Helen A, Isaac A. Afwamba, Burton, Matthew J, Helen A. Weiss, Patrick Massae, Bailey, Robin L, Hu, Victor H, Jecinta J. Onyango, Matthew J. Burton, Onyango, Jecinta J, Caroline Chevallier, Massae, Patrick, Mabey, David CW, Victor H. Hu, Robin L. Bailey   +17 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of active trachoma among 1-9 years of age children in Andabet district, northwest Ethiopia, 2023: A multi-level mixed-effect analysis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundTrachoma is the chief cause of preventable blindness worldwide and has been earmarked for elimination as a public health problem by 2030. Despite the five-year Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, and Environmental improvement (SAFE)-based
Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Kusse Urmale Mare, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Bizunesh Fantahun Kase, Abdu Hailu Shibeshi, Tsion Mulat Tebeje, Afework Alemu Lombebo, Kebede Gemeda Sabo, Bezawit Melak Fente, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Hiwot Altaye Asebe   +11 more
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Addressing Behavioural Determinants of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Through Community Dialogue in Kalu District, Ethiopia: A Mixed‐Methods Study

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major public health challenge in Ethiopia, with 20–30,000 new cases annually. Limited awareness and misconceptions contribute to delayed care seeking, stigma, prolonged healing, and reduced uptake of preventive measures in CL‐endemic communities.
Takele Gezahegn Demie, Tara Mtuy, Jennifer Palmer, Eshetu Girma, Yohannes Hailemichael, Teklu Cherkose, Telahun Kasa Tefera, Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed, Catherine Pitt, Michael Marks, Stephen L. Walker, Endalamaw Gadisa, Mirgissa Kaba, SHARP collaboration   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source