Trachoma: leading cause of infectious blindness
Autor: | Shariq Haider, David Telio, Erica Weir |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Trachoma medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Blindness business.industry Research methodology General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Virology eye diseases Health services Epidemiology medicine Synopsis Humans sense organs business Chlamydia trachomatis Keratoconjunctivitis |
Zdroj: | CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 170(8) |
ISSN: | 0820-3946 |
Popis: | Background and epidemiology: Trachoma is a chronic keratoconjunctivitis caused by repeated infection with the ocular serovars A, B, Ba and C of Chlamydia trachomatis .[1][1] The name, derived from the Greek word for “rough,” describes the appearance of the lymphoid follicles apparent with |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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