Prevalence of trachoma in school children in the Marajó Archipelago, Brazilian Amazon, and the impact of the introduction of educational and preventive measures on the disease over eight years.

• Автори: Joana Favacho (Автор), Antonio José Ledo Alves da Cunha (Автор), Samara Tatielle Monteiro Gomes (Автор), Felipe Bonfim Freitas (Автор), Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz (Автор), Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto (Автор), Ricardo Ishak (Автор), Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães Ishak (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world and is associated with precarious living conditions in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of trachoma in three municipalities of the Marajó Archipelago, located in the state of Pará, B...