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Completion of Baseline Trachoma Mapping in Malawi: Results of Eight Population-Based Prevalence Surveys Conducted with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project. [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: Following a first phase of trachoma mapping in Malawi with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project, we identified and mapped trachoma districts previously suspected to be non-endemic, although adjacent to districts with estimated trachoma ...
Chinyanya, David +8 more
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Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Purpose To compare clinical and corneal epithelial changes between preservative and preservative‐free artificial tear therapy using the MS‐39 in patients with dry eye disease (DED). Methods This prospective interventional comparative study included 88 eyes of 44 patients. Preserved artificial tears were given for the left eye (group A) and preservative‐
Ghada A. Nassar +5 more
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Celebrating 20 years of progress: accelerating towards elimination
Community Eye Health Journal, 2018 Twenty years after the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution that targeted trachoma for elimination, work is continuing at a rapid pace.
Virginia Sarah +2 more
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Targeting trachoma control through risk mapping: the example of Southern Sudan. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010 BACKGROUND: Trachoma is a major cause of blindness in Southern Sudan. Its distribution has only been partially established and many communities in need of intervention have therefore not been identified or targeted.
Archie C A Clements +7 more
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, 2011 PURPOSE: To examine the profile of retinoblastoma in a national tertiary referral center in Tanzania and to report first-year outcomes of its treatment using chemotherapy. METHODS: All patients with retinoblastoma referred in 2008 were included.
Bowman, Richard J +4 more
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Computational modeling of TC0583 as a putative component of the Chlamydia muridarum V-type ATP synthase complex and assessment of its protective capabilities as a vaccine antigen. [PDF]
, 2016 Numerous Chlamydia trachomatis proteins have been identified as potential subunit vaccines, of which the major outer-membrane protein (MOMP) has, so far, proven the most efficacious. Recently, subunit A of the V-type ATP synthase (ATPase; TC0582) complex
Barta, Michael L +4 more
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Background Nonfilarial elephantiasis, also known as podoconiosis, is a completely preventable, neglected tropical disease characterized by prominent swelling of the lower extremities. The disease is common in sub‐Saharan Africa. However, its epidemiology varies from region to region.
Yared Nigusu +8 more
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The East Africa Trachoma/NTD Cross-border Partnership
Community Eye Health Journal, 2016 Eastern Africa, which comprises Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, has the highest burden of trachoma in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are 1,274 districts known to be endemic for trachoma (i.e., the incidence of ...
Teshome Gebre , Girija Sankar
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Fibroblasts profiling in scarring trachoma identifies IL-6 as a functional component of a fibroblast-macrophage pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory feedback loop. [PDF]
, 2016 Trachoma is a conjunctiva scarring disease, which is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Yet, the molecular mechanisms underlying progressive fibrosis in trachoma are unknown. To investigate the contribution of local resident fibroblasts
Bailly, Maryse +3 more
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Trachoma then and now: update on mapping and control
Community Eye Health Journal, 2018 In the last 30 years, there has been rapid progress towards ending the suffering and blindness caused by trachoma, with five countries being validated as having achieved elimination. However, many challenges remain.
Anthony W Solomon +2 more
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