Trachoma, a chlamydial infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, is the commonest cause of
ocular morbidity and preventable blindness in the world. It is a major public health problem …

Trachoma is known as a chronic, epidemic and blindness eye disease, which is caused by
Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection and transmission of trachoma have great relationship …

This article is based on a series of investigations performed under the guidance of Prof.
Shinobu Ishihara and Prof. Takeo Tamiya at Tokyo University. A total of 105 human …

The report presents the results of an epidemiologic survey of trachoma in Shunyi County,
Beijing, conducted in 1985, revealing that trachoma was the major eye disease in Shunyi …

Trachoma is an ancient blinding eye disease. With improvements in hygiene and living
conditions and development of targeted strategies by the World Health Organization …

Trachoma was severe in Viet-Nam before 2nd World War and was still severe a long time
after. Years of fight allowed to ameliorate noticeably the state of this important blinding …

This article re-emphasizes that trachoma is a public health problem of great importance in
India, where one-fifth of the world total blind population lives. A description is given of the …

. Trachoma was originally limited to oriental countries. Napoleon's armies returning from the
Egyptian battlefield brought it to all parts of Europe and as next to nothing was known about …

Nearly 500 million people-more than a sixth of the world's popu lation-are infected with the
blinding eye disease known since ancient Greek times as trachoma. Trachoma is endemic …

The modern history of Trachoma in Europe dates from the time of the Napole-onic
campaigns in Egypt. The English and French troops engaged in those campaigns suffered …