Correlation of clinical trachoma and infection in Aboriginal communities.
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness due to conjunctival infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. The presence of active trachoma and evidence of infection are poorly correlated and a strong immunologically-mediated inflammatory response means that clinical signs last much longer than...
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Main Authors: | Claude-Edouard C Michel (Author), Katrina G Roper (Author), Magda A Divena (Author), Helen H Lee (Author), Hugh R Taylor (Author) |
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2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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