Incidence and progression of trachomatous scarring in a cohort of children in a formerly hyper-endemic district of Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Repeated or persistent ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in childhood leads to conjunctival scarring, usually in adulthood but often earlier in areas with greater disease burden. There are limited longitudinal data examinin...

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Autores principales: Kashaf, Michael Saheb, Muñoz, Beatriz E., Mkocha, Harran, Wolle, Meraf A., Naufal, Fahd, West, Sheila K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7561178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33017417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008708

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7561178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33017417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008708

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