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The real challenge: can we discover why trachoma is disappearing before it's gone?


J House, B Gaynor, H Taylor, TM Lietman - International ophthalmology clinics, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Once the leading cause of blindness worldwide, trachoma now appears to be
disappearing in many developing countries. This is true even in areas without
specific trachoma control programs. 1 This trend follows the pattern seen ...
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The excess burden of trachomatous trichiasis in women: a systematic review and meta- …

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EA Cromwell, P Courtright, JD King, LA … - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2009 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that women carry an increased burden of trachomatous
trichiasis compared with men, but there is no systematic review of the available
prevalence surveys in the peer-reviewed literature. A literature search was ...
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Doyne Lecture: trachoma, is it history&quest


HR Taylor - Eye, 2009 - nature.com
Trachoma has been known since pre-Pharaonic times and this infectious cause of
blindness is targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination by
2020. During the 19th century, trachoma was a major political problem in ...
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Blinding trachoma in Katsina State, Nigeria: population-based prevalence survey in ten …


NF Jip, JD King, MO Diallo, ES Miri, AT … - Ophthalmic epidemiology, 2008 - informahealthcare.com
Purpose: To assess the prevalence of trachomatous inflammation follicular (TF)
in children aged 1–9 years and trachomatous trichiasis (TT) in adults aged 15
years or more in Katsina State, Nigeria. Methods: Cross sectional ...
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Strategies to Control Trachoma


AA Mathew, A Turner, HR Taylor - Drugs, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract Trachoma is a significant public health problem that is endemic in 57
coun- tries, affecting 40.6 million people and contributing to 4% of the global
bur- den of blindness. Repeated episodes of infection from Chlamydia ...
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Access to Water Source, Latrine Facilities and Other Risk Factors of Active Trachoma in …


I Golovaty, L Jones, B Gelaye, M Tilahun, H …, 2009 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
Conceived and designed the experiments: BG MT HB AK YB MAW. Performed the
experiments: MT HB. Analyzed the data: IG LJ BG MAW. Contributed
reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK YB. Wrote the paper: IG LJ BG MAW. ...
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