Follow-up and report on active trachoma in Zabol, Iran, prompted by Sharifi-Rad and Fallah's observations published in May 2016
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S.-F. Mohammadi, A. Bazi-Shad, J. Akbarizadeh, E. Ashrafi, Z. Moinfar, E. Shirdel, M. Nabavi, S. Samiei, S. Salehi-Rad and A. W. Solomon 1) Center for Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, 2) Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, 3) Community and Preventive Medicine Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 4) Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization Research Center, Tehran, 5) Deputy of Public Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran and 6) Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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