Trachoma Research

Trachoma

Trachoma.

Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness. It is caused by ocular serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis. Transmission is favoured in poor communities, where crowding is common and access to water and sanitation inadequate. Repeated reinfection over many years causes dense scarring of the upper eyelid. The resultant inversion of the lashes abrades the eyeball, and the abrasion leads ...

Trachoma in the Pacific Islands: evidence from Trachoma Rapid Assessment.

AIMS To establish the presence or absence of trachoma in the Pacific Island region. METHODS Trachoma Rapid Assessment methodology was used in Kiribati, Nauru, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Fiji. Advised by key informants, high-risk communities were chosen from each country. All available children aged 1-9 years and adults > or = 40 years were examined. RESULTS A total of 903 adults > or = 40...

Epidemiology of Trachoma: A Report by Sitapur Trachoma Study Group

Trachoma is the most common cause of infectious blindness worldwide and it affects more than 150 million people. Despite of various control programs, it still persists and lead to significant ocular morbidity. We have done Prospective clinical epidemiological study conducted at Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO) & Sitapur Eye Hospital (SHE), Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. RIO & SEH is a ...

Trachoma: an overview.

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 early childhood by repeated infection of the ocular surface by Chlamydia trachomatis. This triggers recurrent chronic inflammatory episodes, leading to the development of conjunctival scarring. This scar tissue c...