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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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2005
2005
Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control: A Global Perspective. Third Edition
1. Elements of Communicable Diseases 2. Communicable Disease Theory 3. Control Principles and Methods 4. Control Strategy and… 
1989
1989
Prevalência do tracoma no povoado de Mocambo, Estado do Ceará, Brasil
1975
1975
Studies on the role of the famiy unit in the transmission of trachoma.
Rates of trachoma infection of family members were compared for two groups of index cases; all were infants about 1 year old… 
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… 
Review
1966
Review
1966
The use of catalytic models as tools for elucidating the clinical and epidemiological features of trachoma.
A change in the clinical pattern of trachoma from a grave to a milder form has been noted in several endemic areas in recent… 
1966
1966
Trachoma and follicular conjunctivitis in children.
Until sulfanilamide was first used, in 1938, the treatment of trachoma was limited to such nonspecific and partially effective… 
1964
1964
TOXICITY OF THE AGENTS OF TRACHOMA AND INCLUSION CONJUNCTIVITIS.
SUMMARY: The toxicities of strains of trachoma and inclusion conjunctivitis viruses differing in virulence for the chick embryo… 
1960
1960
Isolation of trachoma virus from patients in West Africa
1. By inoculating conjunctival scrapings into the chick embryo yolk-sac trachoma virus was isolated from twenty-four of thirty… 
1938
1938
The matrix of the epithelial cell inclusion body of trachoma.
The epithelial cell inclusion bodies of trachoma were described by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek in 1907.' These investigators… 
1935
1935
THE FILTRABILITY OF TRACHOMA VIRUS
In previous reports 1 evidence was presented which indicated that trachoma is not a bacterial disease and which suggested that a… 
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