Trachoma is still endemic in the very part of the world from which we have our earliest
recorded description more than 3500 years ago. 1 In fact, the World Health Organization …

Trachoma is an ancient yet contemporary scourge. It is a specific kerato-conjunctivitis
caused by certain serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis. It affects an estimated 84 million …

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Trachoma is a progressive and miserable disease. Initiated by frequent and repeated ocular
infections with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, scars on the inside of the eyelids …

Background Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness and is caused by ocular
infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). While the majority of the global …

Background Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. The World Health
Organization (WHO) recommends eliminating trachomatous blindness through the SAFE …

Purpose Trachoma is an eye disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct).
It can lead to permanent vision loss. Since 2007, Burundi has included trachoma elimination …

Trachoma is the commonest infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Recurrent infection of
the ocular surface by Chlamydia trachomatis, the causative agent, leads to inturning of the …

2020 is the target year for the global elimination of trachoma as a public health problem–a
neglected tropical disease caused by ocular chlamydia infection. The World Health …

PIP: Despite the advent of effective antichlamydial antibiotics and the ability to culture
Chlamydia trachomatis (which led to hopes for a vaccine against trachoma), trachoma and …