JP Whitcher, M Srinivasan, MP … - Bulletin of the World …, 2001 - SciELO Public Health Diseases affecting the cornea are a major cause of blindness worldwide, second only to cataract in
overall importance. The epidemiology of corneal blindness is complicated and encompasses a wide
variety of infectious and ... Cited by 191 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 14 versions
S Lewallen, P Courtright - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com CONCLUSIONS Blindness prevalence rates vary widely but the evidence suggests that approximately 1%
of Africans are blind. The major cause is cataract; trachoma and glaucoma are also important causes
of blindness. The bulk of blindness ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►tulane.edu [PDF] PM Emerson, SW Lindsay, N Alexander, M Bah, SM … - The Lancet, 2004 - Elsevier In a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial, we recruited seven sets of three village
clusters and randomly assigned them to either an intervention group that received regular
insecticide spraying or provision ... Cited by 62 - Related articles - All 10 versions
MJ Burton, MJ Holland, P Makalo, EAN Aryee, NDE … - The Lancet, 2005 - Elsevier Community-wide mass antibiotic treatment is a central component of trachoma control. The optimum
frequency and duration of treatment are unknown. We measured the effect of mass treatment on the
conjunctival burden of Chlamydia ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - All 10 versions
RJC Bowman, OS Soma, N Alexander, P … - Tropical Medicine …, 2000 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets. In
this case, although the visual presentation will be degraded, the site should continue to be
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S Polack, S Brooker, H Kuper, S Mariotti, … - Bulletin of the World …, 2005 - SciELO Public Health OBJECTIF: Il s'agissait de résumer et de cartographier les données mondiales tirées d'études en
population concernant le trachome évolutif et le trichiasis. Pour la lutte contre différentes
maladies infectieuses, des cartes ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 26 versions
M Myatt, H Limburg, D Minassian, D … - Bulletin of the World …, 2003 - SciELO Public Health Keywords: Trachoma/epidemiology; Prevalence; Quality assurance, Health care; Sampling studies;
Validation studies; Health surveys; Cnfidence intervals; Sensitivity and specificity; Predictive
value of tests; Malawi (source: ... Cited by 33 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 26 versions
KD Frick, BM Melia, RR Buhrmann, SK … - Archives of …, 2001 - archopht.highwire.org Methods Men and women 40 years and older in 6 randomly chosen rural villages in the Kongwa district
of Tanzania had visual acuity measured and were examined by an ophthalmologist. Subjects indicated
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RJC Bowman, H Faal, M Myatt, R Adegbola, A … - British Journal of …, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Conclusions: Despite the overall decline in trachoma in the Gambia, patients with both minor and
major trichiasis remain at risk of developing corneal opacity. Active trachomatous inflammation and
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SK West - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2004 - Elsevier Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO)
estimated that approximately 5.9 million persons are blind or have severe vision-loss as a result of
trachoma, and another 10 million ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - All 5 versions
