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Evaluation of trichiasis surgeons' performance in selected trachoma endemic African countries
Purpose: Elimination of trachoma-related blindness requires addressing not only issues of trichiasis surgery availability and accessibility, but also quality. To improve surgeon performance, programmes undertake surgeon audits to identify surgeons needing re-training, reasons for poor outcomes, and …
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Prevalence of trachoma and risk factors for disease in Benue State, Nigeria
Background: Trachoma is a common contagious bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovariants A, B, Ba or C. It is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide and is responsible for about 3% of global blindness. World Health Organization (WHO) reports suggest that of the …
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Global burden of trichiasis in women as compared to men: Findings from the Global Trachoma Mapping Project
… of trichiasis in relation to gender in trachoma endemic countries. Part A is the research protocol which outlines the background and the process of this research. This study is a population-based analytical study using data from the Global Trachoma Mapping Project (GTMP). GTMP was a …
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Relationship between the prevalence of trachomatous inflammation in children (age 1-9years) and the prevalence of trichiasis in adults (age 15years and above) at a presumed steady state
Background: Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious eye disease that leads to blindness. Continuous re-infection by the bacteria, Chlamydia trachomatis, leads to scarring of the cornea and subsequently to blindness. It is commonly found in the poorest and remotest part of Africa, Asia, Latin …
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Post-operative Trachomatous Trichiasis in Africa: a systematic review and online survey
… and other poor outcomes after surgery in most trachoma-endemic settings poses a major challenge to global elimination of trachoma. This systematic review aimed to assess the incidence of post-operative trichiasis and other poor outcomes of trichiasis surgery in Africa, based on findings of …
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Characterization of Redox Active Natural Compounds in Chlamydia Infection
Trachoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide, induced by the intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). Ct is also one of the most widespread sexually transmitted infections (STIs), with over 2.8 million infections in the US alone. The most serious sequelae result from …
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The management of corneal graft rejection
… diseases such as smallpox, venereal disease, and trachoma brought back by soldiers in the Napoleonic wars. It is uncertain who first suggested the replacement of damaged corneas with living tissue, but the credit is usually attributed to Franz Reisinger6 who also coined the term 11 keratoplasty11 …
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The adverse health effects associated with drought in Africa: working towards developing a vulnerability index
… parasite transmission, scabies outbreaks, trachoma, vector-borne disease outbreaks and malaria-related mortality; and (4) drought and health behaviours including health perceptions and health-seeking behaviours, HIV prevention and care behaviours and family planning practices. There was …
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Applying phenotypic phage selection to Chlamydia trachomatis infection
*Chlamydia trachomatis* (*Ctr*) is an obligate intracellular pathogen that causes the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide and is the agent of trachoma, an ocular infection that is the leading cause of preventable blindness. *Ctr* has a biphasic lifecycle dependent on an …
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Ion channel modulation during Chlamydia trachomatis development
… intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis causes sexually transmitted and ophthalmic infections (trachoma) in humans. C. trachomatis resides within a specialised membrane-bound replicative compartment termed the inclusion and exhibits a biphasic lifecycle requiring …
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Some observations on cataract and cataract patients in Bihar, India
… (1) To treat minor eye diseases, conjunctivitis, trachoma, corneal ulcers, etc. (2) To give ’refresher’ courses to the village head man, school teacher, etc. in the a. b. c. of the treatment of the commoner ailments of the eye. (3) To diagnose cataracts, glaucomas, etc., and send them to hospital …