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Prevalence of Trachoma in Kano State, Nigeria: Results of 44 Local Government Area-Level Surveys. [PDF]

, 2017
PURPOSE: We sought to determine the prevalence of trachoma in 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kano State, Nigeria. METHODS: A population-based prevalence survey was conducted in each Kano LGA.
Adamu, Mohammed Dantani, Chu, Brian K, Flueckiger, Rebecca M, Global Trachoma Mapping Project, Goyol, Musa, Hussaini, Tijjani, Isiyaku, Sunday, Macleod, Colin, Mpyet, Caleb, Muazu, Habila, Muhammad, Nasiru, Ogoshi, Chris, Olobio, Nicholas, Onyebuchi, Uwazoeke, Pavluck, Alexandre L, Phelan, Sophie, Solomon, Anthony W, Umar, Murtala Muhammad, William, Adamani, Willis, Rebecca, Yahaya, Hadi Bala   +20 more
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of Scarring Trachoma Indicates Infiltration by Natural Killer and Undefined CD45 Negative Cells. [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: The phenotype and function of immune cells infiltrating the conjunctiva in scarring trachoma have yet to be fully characterized. We assessed tissue morphology and immunophenotype of cellular infiltrates found in trachomatous scarring ...
Bailey, Robin L, Burton, Matthew J, Derrick, Tamsyn, Essex, David, Holland, Martin J, Hu, Victor H, Luthert, Philip J, Mabey, David CW, Makupa, William, Massae, Patrick, Mtuy, Tara, Pullin, James, Weiss, Helen A   +12 more
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Progress of Trachoma Mapping in Mainland Tanzania: Results of Baseline Surveys from 2012 to 2014. [PDF]

, 2016
PURPOSE: Following surveys in 2004-2006 in 50 high-risk districts of mainland Tanzania, trachoma was still suspected to be widespread elsewhere. We report on baseline surveys undertaken from 2012 to 2014.
Chikawe, Maria, Crowley, Kathryn, Damas, Deogratias, Kabona, George, Kamugisha, Mathias, Kilembe, Bernard, Kirumbi, Edward, Malecela, Mwelecele, Massae, Patrick, Mbise, Christina, Mkali, Humphrey R, Mkocha, Harran, Mwingira, Upendo J, Nanai, Alphonsina, Ngondi, Jeremiah M, Nshala, Andreas, Rotondo, Lisa, Simon, Alistidia, Solomon, Anthony W, Willis, Rebecca   +19 more
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Blinding trachoma in postconflict southern Sudan.

PLoS Medicine, 2006
BackgroundTrachoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness. Reports from eye surgery camps and anecdotal data indicated that blinding trachoma is a serious cause of visual impairment in Mankien payam (district) of southern Sudan.
Jeremiah Ngondi, Francis Ole-Sempele, Alice Onsarigo, Ibrahim Matende, Samson Baba, Mark Reacher, Fiona Matthews, Carol Brayne, Paul Emerson   +8 more
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Trachomatous entropion-trichiasis. Case in a 16-month-old infant. [PDF]

, 1970
Stephen Sowa
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Is Household Air Pollution a Risk Factor for Eye Disease? [PDF]

, 2013
In developing countries, household air pollution (HAP) resulting from the inefficient burning of coal and biomass (wood, charcoal, animal dung and crop residues) for cooking and heating has been linked to a number of negative health outcomes, mostly ...
Adair-Rohani, Heather, Araj, Houmam, Bates, Michael N., Chen, Dong Feng, Lee, David J., Lee, Jennifer S., Schaumberg, Debra A., West, Sheila K.   +7 more
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Oral doxycycline for the prevention of postoperative trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
Summary: Background: Trachomatous trichiasis is treated surgically to prevent sight loss. Unfavourable surgical outcomes remain a major challenge.
Esmael Habtamu, PhD, Tariku Wondie, BA, Sintayehu Aweke, MPH, Zerihun Tadesse, MD, Mulat Zerihun, MPH, Bizuayehu Gashaw, MHA, Chrissy H Roberts, PhD, Amir Bedri Kello, MD, David C W Mabey, ProfDM, Saul N Rajak, PhD, E Kelly Callahan, MPH, David Macleod, PhD, Helen A Weiss, ProfPhD, Matthew J Burton, ProfPhD   +13 more
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Prevalence of and risk factors for trachoma in Kano state, Nigeria.

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundIn northern Nigeria, trachoma is an important public health problem, but there are currently few population-based data on prevalence of disease and no formal trachoma control programs.Methodology/principal findingsIn Kano state, Nigeria, we ...
Caleb Mpyet, Barka David Lass, Hadi B Yahaya, Anthony W Solomon   +3 more
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Baseline Trachoma Surveys in Kaskazini A and Micheweni Districts of Zanzibar: Results of Two Population-Based Prevalence Surveys Conducted with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project. [PDF]

, 2016
PURPOSE: Based on health care records and trachoma rapid assessments, trachoma was suspected to be endemic in Kaskazini A and Micheweni districts of Zanzibar.
Abdalla, Khalfan M, Ali, Said M, Ame, Shaali M, Bakhtiari, Ana, Flueckiger, Rebecca M, Kabona, George, Massae, Patrick A, Mbise, Christina, Mohamed, Saleh J, Ngondi, Jeremiah M, Ngwalle, Abel, Omar, Fatma J, Rotondo, Lisa, Solomon, Anthony W, Willis, Rebecca   +14 more
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Treatment of trichiasis with a lid cryoprobe. [PDF]

, 1985
Randy L. Johnson, J. R. O. Collin
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