Can blinding trachoma be eliminated by 20/20?

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1067-1073

  Kumaresan, J ^a  

^a International Trachoma Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; ITI; Partnership; SAFE strategy; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLEANING; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 29244448002     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701963     Document Type: Article

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