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Low Prevalence of Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Active Trachoma in the Western Division of Fiji

BACKGROUND: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness and is caused by ocular infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). While the majority of the global disease burden is found in sub-Saharan Africa, the Western Pacific Region has been identified as trachoma endemic. Popul...

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Autores principales: Macleod, Colin K., Butcher, Robert, Mudaliar, Umesh, Natutusau, Kinisimere, Pavluck, Alexandre L., Willis, Rebecca, Alexander, Neal, Mabey, David C. W., Cikamatana, Luisa, Kama, Mike, Rafai, Eric, Roberts, Chrissy H., Solomon, Anthony W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27404379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004798