Chlamydia trachomatis immunotype J was isolated from the eye of a five-year-old Navajo
child with trachoma. This is the first such isolate from a patient in an area previously endemic …

Background To understand the situation of active trachoma among children aged 6 to 8
years old and scarring trachoma among those aged 15 and over in Yunnan Province, South …

Trachoma is one of the oldest known causes of blindness in humans and it is caused by the
intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis serovars A, B, Ba and C. Its …

Trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide, is an ancient human
disease. Its existence in China can be traced back to as early as the twenty-seventh century …

The investigations which are described in this book were carried out by workers from the
MRC's Trachoma Research Unit. They cite the isolation of the causal micro-organism by …

TRACHOMA is one of the most widely spread diseases in the world. It may be a definite
threat to the American soldier as a result of continued exposure in the Asiatic countries. It is …

Although the importance of human factors in the transmission and control of blinding
trachoma has long been recognized, little sociomedical research has been undertaken on …

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 …

Although trachoma is the world's most widespread disease-affecting some 400,000,000
people—and has been characterized both etiologically and clinically to a high degree, few …

Trachoma programs have had remarkable success at reducing chlamydial infection and
clinical signs of trachoma. Recent work suggests improved methods to monitor infection and …