Identifying Patient Perceived Barriers to Trichiasis Surgery in Kongwa District, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT), inturned eyelashes from repeated infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. Though surgery will correct entropion caused by trachoma, uptake of TT surgery remains low. In this case-control study, we ident...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bickley, Ryan J., Mkocha, Harran, Munoz, Beatriz, West, Sheila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28052070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005211

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28052070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005211

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