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Trachoma

Known as: Tracoma, Egyptian Ophthalmia, Trachoom 
A chronic infection of the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS.
National Institutes of Health

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Chlamydia InfectionsEye Infections
Chlamydia trachomatisChlamydia trachomatis AbEyeIn Blood

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Trachoma, initial stage

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Review
2007
Review
2007
Trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis were not eliminated three years after two rounds of mass treatment in a trachoma hyperendemic village.
PURPOSE The World Health Organization recommends mass treatment of trachoma-hyperendemic communities, but there are scant empiric… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Impact of annual targeted treatment on infectious trachoma and susceptibility to reinfection.
CONTEXT The World Health Organization developed the SAFE strategy (Surgery for trichiasis; Antibiotics for Chlamydia trachomatis… 
2005
2005
Pattern of recurrence of trachomatous trichiasis after surgery surgical technique as an explanation.
Review
2001
Review
2001
Magnitude of trachoma and barriers to uptake of lid surgery in a rural community of northern Nigeria
AIMS. A population-based cross-sectional survey for trachoma prevalence was conducted in a subdistrict of northern Nigeria. The… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Severe disease in children with trachoma is associated with persistent Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
The immediate study objective was to determine if variable disease severity in children with trachoma could be attributable in… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Results of community-based eyelid surgery for trichiasis due to trachoma.
In many parts of Africa patients with upper-lid trichiasis due to trachoma have very limited access to ophthalmologists or… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Village and household clustering of xerophthalmia and trachoma.
The clustering of xerophthalmia in villages and in households was assessed among preschool children surveyed in the Lower Shire… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Blinding and non-blinding trachoma: assessment of intensity of upper tarsal inflammatory disease and disabling lesions.
A simplified method of evaluating both the intensity of active inflammatory disease and the visually disabling lesions of… 
1970
1970
Electron microscopy of Cowdria (Rickettsia) ruminantium (Cowdry, 1926) in the endothelial cells of the vertebrate host.
PIENAAR, J. G. Electron microscopy of C01vdria (Rickettsia) rttminantium (Cowdry, 1926) in the endothelial cells of the… 
Highly Cited
1934
Highly Cited
1934
The Etiology of Inclusion Blennorrhea
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