Trachoma in Asia—A disappearing scourge

Trachoma is an ancient blinding eye disease. With improvements in hygiene and living conditions and development of targeted strategies by the World Health Organization, trachoma is being progressively eliminated. Great progress is being seen in Asian countries, many of which are becoming trachoma fr...

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Autor principal: Taylor, Hugh R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjo.2016.04.002
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spelling pubmed-56026902017-10-10 Trachoma in Asia—A disappearing scourge Taylor, Hugh R. Taiwan J Ophthalmol Review Article Trachoma is an ancient blinding eye disease. With improvements in hygiene and living conditions and development of targeted strategies by the World Health Organization, trachoma is being progressively eliminated. Great progress is being seen in Asian countries, many of which are becoming trachoma free. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 2016-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5602690/ /pubmed/29018712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjo.2016.04.002 Text en Copyright: © 2016, The Ophthalmologic Society of Taiwan 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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title_short Trachoma in Asia—A disappearing scourge
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018712
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