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Risk factors for the progression of trachomatous scarring in a cohort of women in a trachoma low endemic district in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Trachoma, a chronic conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Trachoma has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem which includes reducing trachomatous inflammation—follicular prevalence in children and reduci...
Autores principales: | Wolle, Meraf A., Muñoz, Beatriz E., Naufal, Fahd, Kashaf, Michael Saheb, Mkocha, Harran, West, Sheila K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34797827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009914 |
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