Trachoma: leading cause of infectious blindness

Autor: Shariq Haider, David Telio, Erica Weir
Rok vydání: 2004
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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
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