Incidence and progression of trachomatous scarring in a cohort of children in a formerly hyper-endemic district of Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Michael Saheb Kashaf (Author), Beatriz E Muñoz (Author), Harran Mkocha (Author), Meraf A Wolle (Author), Fahd Naufal (Author), Sheila K West (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Repeated or persistent ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in childhood leads to conjunctival scarring, usually in adulthood but often earlier in areas with greater disease burden. There are limited longitu...