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Epidemiology and control of trachoma: systematic review

Trachoma is the commonest infectious cause of blindness. Recurrent episodes of infection with serovars A–C of Chlamydia trachomatis cause conjunctival inflammation in children who go on to develop scarring and blindness as adults. It was estimated that in 2002 at least 1.3 million people were blind...

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Autores principales: Hu, Victor H, Harding-Esch, Emma M, Burton, Matthew J, Bailey, Robin L, Kadimpeul, Julbert, Mabey, David C W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3770928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20374566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02521.x