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19 wrz 2016 · In 1897, trachoma was the first disease classified as a dangerous contagious disease by the U.S. government. Infected immigrants were sent back to Europe by the United States Public Health Service physicians. 4. Because of the widespread distribution of trachoma, international organizations were allied to combat against this disease.
Trachoma is, first and foremost, a disease of poverty. It thrives in remote, marginalized, and displaced populations. Within areas where it is endemic, the distribution of disease is heterogeneous.
The prevalence of active trachoma—follicular among children aged 1–9 years (TF 1–9) from baseline, impact, and surveillance surveys was categorised and used to show programme progress towards reaching the elimination threshold (TF 1–9 <5%) using dot maps, spaghetti plots, and boxplots.
6 mar 2009 · Trachoma was first seen and probably well known in the early settlements in the four great river valleys that sheltered the development of early civilisations; those of the Yangtze and...
Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness and one of 21 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect over one billion of the world’s poorest people - Source: WHO. 103 million people live in trachoma endemic areas - Source: WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record
10 paź 2024 · Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a public health problem in 39 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people.
26 maj 2022 · Trachoma, caused by infection with conjunctival strains of Chlamydia trachomatis, is the most common infectious cause of blindness. This Primer summarizes the epidemiology, pathophysiology and ...
