Identifying Patient Perceived Barriers to Trichiasis Surgery in Kongwa District, Tanzania.

• Auteurs principaux: Ryan J Bickley (Auteur), Harran Mkocha (Auteur), Beatriz Munoz (Auteur), Sheila West (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Trachomatous trichiasis (TT), inturned eyelashes from repeated infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. Though surgery will correct entropion caused by trachoma, uptake of TT surgery remains low. In this case-control study, we identi...