The impact of climatic risk factors on the prevalence, distribution, and severity of acute and chronic trachoma.

• Main Authors: Anita Ramesh (Author), Sari Kovats (Author), Dominic Haslam (Author), Elena Schmidt (Author), Clare E Gilbert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Trachoma is the most common cause of infectious blindness. Hot, dry climates, dust and water scarcity are thought to be associated with the distribution of trachoma but the evidence is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological evidence regarding th...