Trachoma

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9960, 2014, Pages 2142-2152

  Taylor, Hugh R ^a   Burton, Matthew J ^b   Haddad, Danny ^c   West, Sheila ^d   Wright, Heathcote ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PLASMA CELL; SCAR FORMATION; TRACHOMA; COST OF ILLNESS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 84917730300     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62182-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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