NEED OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN TRACHOMA
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Trachoma in the Sudan. An epidemiological study.
The prevalence and distribution of trachoma in the Sudan has been studied. The morbidity rate of 83.2 per 1000 in the Northern Province decreases southwards until it reaches 0.94 in the extreme south (Equatoria Province). 2. In endemic areas infection starts very early--in the first year of life. 3. There is a marked difference between the prevalence of trachoma in towns and villages--71.3 per ...
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Trachoma, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis), has been prevalent about hundreds years. Today, trachoma is still the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide [1]. Overall, it is the eighth commonest blinding disease [2]. The burden of trachoma on affected individuals and communities can be huge in terms of both the disability it causes and...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1926
ISSN: 0271-4353
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.16.7.706