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Trachoma: leading cause of infectious blindness

2004; Canadian Medical Association; Volume: 170; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1503/cmaj.1040286

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E. Weir,

Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

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