Trachoma is a chronic infectious disease involving the conjunctiva and the cornea. The
disease is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, an organism that lacks the ability to synthesize …

A workshop to review the current knowledge of trachoma was held at Coolfont, West
Virginia, from May 27 to June 2, 1984. The workshop was organized by the International …

Trachoma is an inflammatory, external eye disease caused by repeated ocular infection with
Chlamydia tracbomatis that results in progressive scarring of the conjunctiva and …

PURPOSE: As shown in infected humans and in animal models of chlamydial infection, the
major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydia trachomatis is immunogenically …

A collaborative study on the laboratory diagnosis of trachoma was carried out in three
laboratories. A standardized complement fixation (CF) test with chlamydial (bedsonial) …

Trachoma may be the commonest eye infection in the world with about 150 million people
affected by it. Some 6 million of them are blind [1]. Trachoma has ravaged man throughout …

The name'trachoma'used to be almost synonymous with all eye disease and blindness. In a
way somewhat reminiscent of Helen of Troy, trachoma was the disease that'launched a …

Trachoma is a chronic kerato-conjunctivitis caused by the intracellular bacterium Chlamydia
trachomatis. In the nineteenth century it was an important cause of blindness in Europe and …

Trachoma is recognized as one of most important origins of blindness in developing
countries and inclusion conjunctivitis is associated with STD in developed countries. We …

Trachoma causes one-quarter of the world's blindness and, although it has disappeared
from many developed areas, it remains a major problem, especially in underprivileged rural …