Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018

Trachoma is among the most common infectious causes of blindness. During January–May 2018, a total of 4 trachoma cases were diagnosed among Amerindians of the Yanomami ethnic group in 3 communities of southern Venezuela. This country has social and environmental conditions conducive to the endemicit...

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Autores principales: Noya-Alarcón, Oscar, Bevilacqua, Maríapía, Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30561321
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.181362
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author Noya-Alarcón, Oscar
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description Trachoma is among the most common infectious causes of blindness. During January–May 2018, a total of 4 trachoma cases were diagnosed among Amerindians of the Yanomami ethnic group in 3 communities of southern Venezuela. This country has social and environmental conditions conducive to the endemicity of this neglected tropical disease.
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spelling pubmed-63026052019-01-01 Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018 Noya-Alarcón, Oscar Bevilacqua, Maríapía Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Trachoma is among the most common infectious causes of blindness. During January–May 2018, a total of 4 trachoma cases were diagnosed among Amerindians of the Yanomami ethnic group in 3 communities of southern Venezuela. This country has social and environmental conditions conducive to the endemicity of this neglected tropical disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6302605/ /pubmed/30561321 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.181362 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Noya-Alarcón, Oscar
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Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
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title Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018
title_full Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018
title_fullStr Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018
title_full_unstemmed Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018
title_short Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018
title_sort trachoma in 3 amerindian communities, venezuelan amazon, 2018
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30561321
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.181362
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