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Risk factors for active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in treatment-naïve trachoma-hyperendemic communities of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BackgroundTrachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is hyperendemic on the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea Bissau. An understanding of the risk factors associated with active trachoma and infection on these remote and isolated ...
Anna R Last, Sarah E Burr, Helen A Weiss, Emma M Harding-Esch, Eunice Cassama, Meno Nabicassa, David C Mabey, Martin J Holland, Robin L Bailey   +8 more
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Participation of Indigenous children and young people to improve health and wellbeing

Medical Journal of Australia, Volume 221, Issue S10, Page S26-S33, November 2024.
Jordan Cory (Kamilaroi), Hope Kuchel (Barkindji), Bonnie Dukakis (Gunditjmara), Rhian Dicker (Palawa), Sandra Eades (Noongar)   +4 more
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Active Trachoma Cases in the Solomon Islands Have Varied Polymicrobial Community Structures but Do Not Associate with Individual Non-Chlamydial Pathogens of the Eye

Frontiers in Medicine, 2018
BackgroundSeveral non-chlamydial microbial pathogens are associated with clinical signs of active trachoma in trachoma-endemic communities with a low prevalence of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection.
Robert M. R. Butcher, Oliver Sokana, Kelvin Jack, Eric Kalae, Leslie Sui, Charles Russell, Joanna Houghton, Christine Palmer, Martin J. Holland, Richard T. Le Mesurier, Anthony W. Solomon, David C. W. Mabey, Chrissy h. Roberts   +12 more
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Aureomycin in Trachoma [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1950
INanearlier communication (Boase, 1950)itwassuggestecl that aureomycin (Lederle) dropswereveryeffective inthetreatmenit of trachoma. Thatopinion wasbasedonasmallnumberofcases, noneofwhom hasreappeared witharelapse. Thepresent report deals with36cases, thelast fourincluded beingatadisadvantage asthesupply ofaureomycin gaveoutafter onlythree days ...
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The SAFE strategy for trachoma control: poised for rapid scale-up

Community Eye Health Journal, 2014
In 1998, all member states of the United Nations signed up for the Global Alliance for the Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020) through World Health Assembly resolution 51.1. This called on member states to complete the mapping of blinding
Paul Emerson
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Elimination of trachoma [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1997
Editor,—The availability of a new long lasting antibiotic, azithromycin, has sparked a new trachoma control initiative. Morocco has been chosen as the first country in the programme for the elimination of trachoma. This country was selected because it offers ideal conditions for success and may provide some insight towards sustainable control.
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Trachoma in remote Indigenous Australia: a review and public health perspective

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objectives: Trachoma remains a major health concern in many remote Indigenous Australian communities, despite behaviour‐modifying and biomedical strategies.
Johanna M. Warren, Alexander L. Birrell
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The History of Trachoma and Current Prevalence (Spotlight on Iran): A Review Article

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2018
Background: Trachoma as a common cause of infectious blindness is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. This study aimed to review the available data from variety of sources and provide an overview of the epidemiological situation of Trachoma in Iran focused ...
Gholamhossein YAGHOOBI, Gholamreza ANANI SARAB   +1 more
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Wrestler's Trachoma [PDF]

, 1922
Heather Young
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Breaking silence, igniting action: Noma's wail for global health recourse and intervention

Health Science Reports, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2024.
Patrick Ashinze, Mafua Nelson, Aremu Sikiru Ademola, Eniola Akande, Frederick Oyekunle Moody, Bethrand Ozioma Chukwu, Olajuwon Tolulope Joseph, Andrew Awuah Wireko, Toufik Abdul‐Rahman   +8 more
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