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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, M, Burton, MJ, Ezra, DG, Kechagia, JZ   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Progress to Eliminate Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: Results of 152 Population-Based Surveys

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019
. At baseline in 2006, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia, was the most trachoma-endemic region in the country. Trachoma impact surveys (TIS) were conducted in all districts between 2010 and 2015, following 3–5 years of intervention with the WHO ...
Aisha E. P. Stewart, Mulat Zerihun, Demelash Gessese, Berhanu Melak, E. Sata, Andrew W. Nute, Tigist Astale, T. Endeshaw, T. Teferi, Z. Tadesse, E. K. Callahan, Melsew Chanyalew, Birhan Gaudie, P. Emerson, J. King, S. Nash   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors for trachoma in central and southern Malawi. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: Trachoma, one of the neglected tropical diseases is suspected to be endemic in Malawi. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of trachoma and associated risk factors in central and southern Malawi.
Khumbo Kalua, Tobias Chirwa, Linda Kalilani, Sam Abbenyi, Mavuto Mukaka, Robin Bailey   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Corneal Disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia: A Systematic Review

Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To synthesise available evidence on the prevalence, treatment strategies, and outcomes of corneal disease affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, and to identify gaps in the existing literature. Methods A systematic review with narrative synthesis was conducted in accordance with PRISMA 2020 guidelines.
Angus van der Nagel, Daniel Cool, Himal Kandel, Stephanie Watson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis Sexually Transmitted Strains Involves Novel Mutations in the Functional αββα Tetramer of the Tryptophan Synthase Operon. [PDF]

, 2019
Clinical persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a major public health concern. In vitro persistence is known to develop through interferon gamma (IFN-γ) induction of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which ...
Dean, Deborah, Ferrin, Thomas E, Hyuk Suh, Jung, Somboonna, Naraporn, Ziklo, Noa   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 491-506, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of markets.
Andrew Allison, Jason Brennan, Peter Jaworski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of active trachoma among preschool-aged children in Dembia District, Northwest Ethiopia

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, Abel Fekadu Dadi, Amare Tariku, Akilew Awoke Adane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toxic Entanglements: Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the outsourcing of asylum processing and resettlement from Global North to South. Many of these containment practices retrace the fault lines of more typically thought‐of colonial extractive regimes. This article draws on long‐term ethnographic research conducted in the Republic of Nauru, the world'
Julia Morris
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of climatic risk factors on the prevalence, distribution, and severity of acute and chronic trachoma.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Background and objectivesTrachoma is the most common cause of infectious blindness. Hot, dry climates, dust and water scarcity are thought to be associated with the distribution of trachoma but the evidence is unclear.
Anita Ramesh, Sari Kovats, Dominic Haslam, Elena Schmidt, Clare E Gilbert   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and associations of active trachoma among rural preschool children in Wadla district, northern Ethiopia

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, Ayele Mamo Abebe, Kirubel Dagnaw Tegegne, Mikiyas Amare Getu, Woldemichael Tadesse Bihonegn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source