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Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 2, p e41; quiz e155 (2006)
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https://doaj.org/article/5a30e121e4f241ea97a981b5993bdec3
Publikováno v:
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. 37:550-557
Purpose: To assess the contribution of trachoma, cataract and refractive error to visual morbidity among Indigenous adults living in two remote communities of the Northern Territory. Design, Setting and Participants: Cross-sectional survey of all adu
Autor:
Heathcote R Wright, Hugh R. Taylor
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 5:313-320
Summary Worldwide, an estimated 84 million people have active trachoma and 7·6 million people have trachomatous trichiasis. WHO's SAFE strategy is an effective tool in the worldwide effort to eliminate blinding trachoma, but its institution and moni
Publikováno v:
Ophthalmic epidemiology. 17(6)
OBJECTIVE: Australia is the only developed country in the world that still has endemic levels of blinding trachoma. The SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, Environmental improvement) strategy is an effective public health intervention tha
Publikováno v:
Clinicalexperimental optometry. 90(6)
Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. Many populations living in poverty are affected by trachoma. The infectious organism is provided with an ideal milieu for transmission, where markers of poverty are present. These inclu
Implementing SAFE (Surgery for trichiasis, Antibiotics for active trachoma, Facial cleanliness and Environmental improvements) strategy and mass antibiotic treatment and prevent blinding trachoma at low cost.
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https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1857476/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1857476/
Publikováno v:
PLoS Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 2, p e41; quiz e155 (2006)
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Wright and colleagues discuss the diagnosis and management of trachoma, both at the individual and community level.
TRA for intervention in higher prevalence areas, ASTRA for low prevalence areas Trachoma is the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness, an estimated 84 million people have active trachoma and 7.6 million have trachomatous trichiasis.1 It is
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::190a1f31ecdda21056aa9760f3f20337
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1772613/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1772613/
Autor:
Heathcote R Wright, Hugh R. Taylor
Publikováno v:
The Lancet. 367:1553-1554
Trachoma was the major blinding scourge in 19th century Europe. Soldiers returning to Europe from the Napoleonic wars in Egypt brought the contagion with them. Infection spread readily among troops living in overcrowded barracks with primitive sanita
Autor:
Hugh R. Taylor, Heathcote R Wright
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 6:7-8