purpose. Trachoma remains the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. The World
Health Organization (WHO) recommends mass antibiotic distributions in its strategy to …

Background/Aim: The World Health Organisation (WHO) hopes to achieve global elimination
of trachoma, still the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide, in part through …

purpose. Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. Control
strategies target antibiotic therapy to individuals likely to be infected with Chlamydia …

Background Trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, is caused by
conjunctival Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Trachoma is diagnosed clinically by …

Abstract The WHO Alliance for Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020 has increased the
need to identify ocular chlamydial infections by clinical examination in areas of both high …

One component of control programmes to eliminate trachoma is the treatment of Chlamydia
trachomatis infection. A diagnosis of trachoma is based on clinical grounds, but the signs of …

The WHO has initiated a global program to eliminate trachoma. This program includes mass
antibiotic administrations to reduce the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, the causative …

We examined the efficacy of a Chlamydia trachomatis DNA probe in detecting ocular
chlamydiae by comparing it with tissue culture isolation, direct fluorescent-antibody cytology …

Background The clinical signs of active trachoma are often present in the absence of ocular
Chlamydia trachomatis infection in low prevalence and mass treated settings. Treatment …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with primers derived from the sequence of the cryptic
chlamydial plasmid was evaluated for the detection of ocular chlamydial infection in …