Community Risk Factors for Ocular Chlamydia Infection in Niger: Pre-Treatment Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trachoma Trial

Trachoma is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases because it is the leading cause of blindness from an infection in the world. There are about 1.3 million persons blind from the disease and many more at risk of blindness in the future. It is caused by the common bacterium Chlamydia t...

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Main Authors: Amza, Abdou, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Baido, Stoller, Nicole E., Yu, Sun N., Zhou, Zhaoxia, Chin, Stephanie, West, Sheila K., Bailey, Robin L., Mabey, David C. W., Keenan, Jeremy D., Porco, Travis C., Lietman, Thomas M., Gaynor, Bruce D.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335874/