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pro vyhledávání: '"JOHN P. WHITCHER"'
Autor:
Jaya D. Chidambaram, Mariko Bird, Vivian Schiedler, Alicia M. Fry, Travis Porco, Ramesh C. Bhatta, Hem Jha, J.S.P. Chaudary, Bruce Gaynor, Elizabeth Yi, John P. Whitcher, Susie Osaki-Holm, Thomas M. Lietman
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 11, Pp 1896-1899 (2004)
Trachoma is disappearing in many parts of the world, even in the absence of specific control programs. Following mass antimicrobial drug treatments for trachoma in western Nepal, the prevalence of trachoma declined far more rapidly than could be attr
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https://doaj.org/article/e3f680ca809e48eaaf0c6a671372cce3
Autor:
Bruce D. Gaynor, Yinghui Miao, Vicky Cevallos, Hem Jha, JSP Chaudary, Ramesh Bhatta, Susan Osaki-Holm, Elizabeth Yi, Julius Schachter, John P. Whitcher, Thomas Lietman
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp 596-598 (2003)
The common wisdom is that a trachoma program cannot eliminate ocular chlamydia from a community, just reduce infection to a level where there would be minimal blindness. We describe the success of multiple mass antibiotic treatments, demonstrating th
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b2c61a5d94194551b6da096dc35803cc
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol 79, Iss 3, Pp 180-180
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/d999f7983c5b42a2a02321ef2dc08975
Autor:
Kieran S O’Brien, Raghunandan Byanju, Ram P Kandel, Bimal Poudyal, John A Gonzales, Travis C Porco, John P Whitcher, Muthiah Srinivasan, Madan Upadhyay, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan, Kamal Bahadur Khadka, Dikshya Bista, Mariya Gautam, Puspa Giri, Sajani Kayastha, Tulsi Prasad Parajuli, Ranjeet Kumar Shah, Niraj Sharma, Prafulla Sharma, Anju Shrestha, Manisha Shrestha, Pradeep Subedi, Daya Shankar Chaudhary, Ramesh Ghimire, Manmohan Adhikari, Vivek Hamal, Gopal Bhandari, Gokul Dahal, Sadhan Bhandari, Jeevan Gurung, Dipak Bhattarai, Rabin Bhattarai, Dipak Chapagain, Ajay Kumar Chaudhary, Shree Krishna Gautam, Dhanmaya Gurau, Deepak Kandel, Pradip Chandara Lamichhane, Rajendra Rijal, Gaurav Giri, Nisha R Acharya, Stephen D McLeod, David A Ramirez, Kathryn J Ray, Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, Kieran S O'Brien, Sun Y Cotter, Jessica Kim, Salena Lee, Robi N Maamari, Ken Basset, Heidi Chase, Lauren Evans, Suzanne Gilbert, Ram Prasad Kandel, Deborah Moses, Chundak Tenzing, Shravan Choudhary, Parami Dhakwa, Daniel A Fletcher, Clay D Reber
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Global Health. 10:e501-e509
Corneal ulcers are a common cause of blindness in low-income and middle-income countries, usually resulting from traumatic corneal abrasions during agricultural work. Antimicrobial prophylaxis of corneal abrasions can help prevent corneal ulcers, but
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ed5aae78768ef4cf641fc9a7405a20e4
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00596-9
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00596-9
Autor:
John M. Nesemann, Muthiah Srinivasan, Ravilla Duraisami Ravindran, Tansy Edwards, Kieran S. O'Brien, Usha R. Kim, John H. Wilkins, John P. Whitcher, Thomas M. Lietman, David C. Gritz, Jeremy D. Keenan
PurposeTo determine whether exposure to unclean cooking fuels was associated with subsequent cataract progression as reported in previous cross-sectional studies.DesignProspective cohort study.MethodsThis is a secondary observational analysis of the
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a64eb13a86744cbd153e8a573a912674
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95t6j542
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95t6j542
Community Health Workers for Prevention of Corneal Ulcers in South India: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
Autor:
MUTHIAH SRINIVASAN, THULASIRAJ RAVILLA, VALAGURU VIJAYAKUMAR, DEVANESAM YESUNESAN, ISWARYA MANI, JOHN P. WHITCHER, CATHERINE E. OLDENBURG, KIERAN S. O'BRIEN, THOMAS M. LIETMAN, JEREMY D. KEENAN
Publikováno v:
Am J Ophthalmol
PurposeTo determine whether a community health worker (CHW) program increases referrals to local eye care providers and ultimately reduces the incidence of corneal ulcers.DesignCluster-randomized trial performed from 2014 to 2017 in rural South India
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::f8fbc7669e2350800d7f7485f98fb753
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8g70j69r
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8g70j69r
Autor:
Raghunandan, Byanju, Ram Prasad, Kandel, Bimal, Poudyal, Sadhan, Bhandari, Anju, Ligal, Sangita, Pradhan, Maria, Gautam, Puspa, Shrestha, Ranjeet Kumar, Sah, John A, Gonzales, Travis C, Porco, John P, Whitcher, Muthiah, Srinivasan, Madan Prasad, Upadhyay, Thomas M, Lietman, Jeremy David, Keenan, Kieran S, O'Brien, Clay D, Reber
Publikováno v:
British Journal of Ophthalmology. :bjo-2022
Background/aimsWe aimed to examine risk factors for corneal ulcer in a rural and peri-urban setting in Nepal.MethodsThis population-based matched case–control study was nested in a cluster randomised trial in 24 village development committees in Ne
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::6efb5f09252b340bcc3dfa7e0d8a236c
https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2022-322141
https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2022-322141
Publikováno v:
Community Eye Health Journal, Vol 22, Iss 71, Pp 39-41 (2009)
The aim of this article is to review both bacterial and fungal keratitis, with an emphasis on identification and management at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Guidelines for referral will be suggested.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/836956c9db3a494abea772c4d60fe9d4
Autor:
Julie Cho, N. Venkatesh Prajna, Prajna Lalitha, Revathi Rajaraman, Tiruvengada Krishnan, Yijie (Brittany) Lin, Kathryn J. Ray, Thomas M. Lietman, Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, Jeena Mascarenhas, Muthiah Srinivasan, Manoranjan Das, Rajarathinam Karpagam, Malaiyandi Rajkumar, S.R. Sumithra, C. Sundar, Anita Raghavan, P. Manikandan, K.Tiruvengada Krishnan, N. Shivananda, R. Meenakshi, J. Bharathi, E. Raja, Byanju Raghunandan, Kamal Bahadur Khadka, Ranjeet Shah, Anju Ligal, Nisha R. Acharya, Stephen D. McLeod, John P. Whitcher, Travis C. Porco, Salena Lee, Vicky Cevallos, Brett L. Shapiro, Catherine E. Oldenburg, Kieran S. O’Brien, Kevin C. Hong, Sushila Patel, Salma K.C. Rai, Bel Bahadur Thapa, Binita Bhattarai, Ramesh C. Giri, Abhijeet Sarkar, Santosh Ghimire, Krishna Kunwar, Roji Yadav, Srijana S. Gautam, Sandeep Bashyal, Rojina Begam, Amar Gautam, Marian Fisher, Anthony Aldave, Donald Everett, Jacqueline Glover, K. Ananda Kannan, Steven Kymes, Ivan Schwab, David Glidden, Kathryn Ray, Michael E. Zegans, Christine M. Kidd
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 192:142-145
Objective To compare oral voriconazole vs placebo in addition to topical antifungals in the treatment of filamentous fungal keratitis. Design Non-prespecified, secondary case-control analysis from a multicenter, double-masked, randomized placebo-cont
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::35bb814b0b188bbe3dcac01d2ccee0c4
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2018.05.007
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2018.05.007
Autor:
Takele Lakew, Jenafir House, Kevin C Hong, Elizabeth Yi, Wondu Alemayehu, Muluken Melese, Zhaoxia Zhou, Kathryn Ray, Stephanie Chin, Emmanuel Romero, Jeremy Keenan, John P Whitcher, Bruce D Gaynor, Thomas M Lietman
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 3, Iss 2, p e376 (2009)
Antibiotics are a major tool in the WHO's trachoma control program. Even a single mass distribution reduces the prevalence of the ocular chlamydia that causes trachoma. Unfortunately, infection returns after a single treatment, at least in severely a
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/04a72f45a23046a7a17a81ded8c3fd48