Trachoma prevalence in rural areas of eastern Iran

We investigated the prevalence of trachoma in rural areas of eastern Iran. We collected swabs from 150 children in three areas. Results of PCR showed presence of chlamydia in four boys (5.97%) and nine girls (10.84%). We suggest that in assessing the elimination of trachoma, WHO must consider border...

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Autores principales: Sharifi-Rad, J., Fallah, F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.03.001
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description We investigated the prevalence of trachoma in rural areas of eastern Iran. We collected swabs from 150 children in three areas. Results of PCR showed presence of chlamydia in four boys (5.97%) and nine girls (10.84%). We suggest that in assessing the elimination of trachoma, WHO must consider border areas between countries.
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spelling pubmed-48450722016-05-06 Trachoma prevalence in rural areas of eastern Iran Sharifi-Rad, J. Fallah, F. New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor We investigated the prevalence of trachoma in rural areas of eastern Iran. We collected swabs from 150 children in three areas. Results of PCR showed presence of chlamydia in four boys (5.97%) and nine girls (10.84%). We suggest that in assessing the elimination of trachoma, WHO must consider border areas between countries. Elsevier 2016-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4845072/ /pubmed/27158510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.03.001 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845072/
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