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Trachomatous scarring among children in a formerly hyper-endemic district of Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Associations between repeated ocular infections with Chlamydia trachomatis in childhood and conjunctival scarring in adulthood are well established. Trachomatous scarring (TS) in children has also been observed in hyper-endemic areas, but data are scant regarding childhood scarring in ar...

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Autores principales: Cox, Jacob T., Mkocha, Harran, Munoz, Beatriz, West, Sheila K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29232692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006085