A meeting of the World Health Organisation in Geneva a few years ago added up the
number of countries where blinding trachoma still occurred. There were 46, encompassing …

The leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, trachoma is caused by an ocular
infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. Once endemic in most countries, trachoma has largely …

Trachoma, the second leading cause of blindness world wide, continues to be
hyperendemic in many areas of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Caused by an ocular …

Ten years after the Community Eye Health Journal first devoted an entire issue to trachoma
(Vol. 7, Issue 14), and five years since its last trachoma-focused edition (Vol. 12, Issue 32) …

Objectives: Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. It is known to
be highly correlated with poverty, limited access to healthcare services and water. In 2003 …

Trachoma is the commonest infectious cause of blindness. Recurrent episodes of infection
with serovars A–C of Chlamydia trachomatis cause conjunctival inflammation in children …

Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with conjunctival strains of
Chlamydia trachomatis. It can result in blindness. Pathophysiologically, trachoma is a …

Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It afflicts some of the
poorest regions of the globe, predominantly in Africa and Asia. The disease is initiated in …

Trachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. 1 Although it
disappeared long ago from Western Europe and the United States, trachoma is still as …

Trachoma is still the most common cause of preventable blindness and loss ofvision in the
world despite decades of research and interventions for its control. According to a recent …