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Prevalence and risk factors for trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Niger.

Abdou A, Nassirou B, Kadri B, Moussa F, Munoz BE, Opong E, West SK.

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Risk factors for active trachoma and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in rural Ethiopia after mass treatment with azithromycin.

Edwards T, Harding-Esch EM, Hailu G, Andreason A, Mabey DC, Todd J, Cumberland P.

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Multiple Chlamydiaceae species in trachoma: implications for disease pathogenesis and control.

Dean D, Kandel RP, Adhikari HK, Hessel T.

PLoS Med. 2008 Jan 3;5(1):e14.PMID: 18177205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nonocular Chlamydia infection and risk of ocular reinfection after mass treatment in a trachoma hyperendemic area.

West S, Muñoz B, Bobo L, Quinn TC, Mkocha H, Lynch M, Mmbaga BB, Viscidi R.

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Risk factors for constant, severe trachoma among preschool children in Kongwa, Tanzania.

West SK, Muñoz B, Lynch M, Kayongoya A, Mmbaga BB, Taylor HR.

Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Jan 1;143(1):73-8.PMID: 8533749 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Chlamydial positivity of nasal discharge at baseline is associated with ocular chlamydial positivity 2 months following azithromycin treatment.

Gower EW, Solomon AW, Burton MJ, Aguirre A, Muñoz B, Bailey R, Holland M, Makalo P, Massae P, Mkocha H, Mabey DC, West SK.

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Constant ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis predicts risk of scarring in children in Tanzania.

Wolle MA, Muñoz BE, Mkocha H, West SK.

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Which members of a community need antibiotics to control trachoma? Conjunctival Chlamydia trachomatis infection load in Gambian villages.

Burton MJ, Holland MJ, Faal N, Aryee EA, Alexander ND, Bah M, Faal H, West SK, Foster A, Johnson GJ, Mabey DC, Bailey RL.

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Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis after mass treatment of a trachoma hyperendemic community in Tanzania: a longitudinal study.

West SK, Munoz B, Mkocha H, Holland MJ, Aguirre A, Solomon AW, Foster A, Bailey RL, Mabey DC.

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Risk factors for active trachoma in The Gambia.

Harding-Esch EM, Edwards T, Sillah A, Sarr-Sissoho I, Aryee EA, Snell P, Holland MJ, Mabey DC, Bailey RL.

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Ophthalmia neonatorum in a trachoma endemic area.

Datta P, Frost E, Peeling R, Masinde S, Deslandes S, Echelu C, Wamola I, Brunham RC.

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Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis ocular infection in trachoma-endemic communities by rRNA amplification.

Yang JL, Hong KC, Schachter J, Moncada J, Lekew T, House JI, Zhou Z, Neuwelt MD, Rutar T, Halfpenny C, Shah N, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM.

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The impact of community level treatment and preventative interventions on trachoma prevalence in rural Ethiopia.

Cumberland P, Edwards T, Hailu G, Harding-Esch E, Andreasen A, Mabey D, Todd J.

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Facial cleanliness and risk of trachoma in families.

West SK, Congdon N, Katala S, Mele L.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1991 Jun;109(6):855-7.PMID: 2043075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk factors for trachoma in Mali.

Schémann JF, Sacko D, Malvy D, Momo G, Traore L, Bore O, Coulibaly S, Banou A.

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Distance to water source and altitude in relation to active trachoma in Rombo district, Tanzania.

Baggaley RF, Solomon AW, Kuper H, Polack S, Massae PA, Kelly J, Safari S, Alexander ND, Courtright P, Foster A, Mabey DC.

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Trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis were not eliminated three years after two rounds of mass treatment in a trachoma hyperendemic village.

West SK, Munoz B, Mkocha H, Gaydos C, Quinn T.

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Spatial clustering of ocular chlamydial infection over time following treatment, among households in a village in Tanzania.

Broman AT, Shum K, Munoz B, Duncan DD, West SK.

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Risk factors for active trachoma in children and trichiasis in adults: a household survey in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.

Ngondi J, Gebre T, Shargie EB, Graves PM, Ejigsemahu Y, Teferi T, Genet A, Mosher AW, Endeshaw T, Zerihun M, Messele A, Richards FO Jr, Emerson PM.

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OmpA genotypic evidence for persistent ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Tanzanian village women.

Smith A, Muñoz B, Hsieh YH, Bobo L, Mkocha H, West S.

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