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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease chlamydia
Phenotype C0040592|trachoma
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PubMedID- 23457650 trachoma results from infection of the conjunctiva with chlamydia trachomatis (ct) and is the commonest infectious cause of blindness worldwide.
PubMedID- 21673038 We determined the prevalence of trachoma and infection with chlamydia trachomatis in communities after 3-7 years of annual mass treatment in tanzania.
PubMedID- 26046359 [5–14] however, no detailed study of the risk of trachoma or infection with chlamydia trachomatis in children, associated with a broader exposure to sleeping rooms and rooms with a cooking fire has been carried out.
PubMedID- 26161032 The conjunctival inflammation triggered by the intracellular bacteria chlamydia leads to trachoma, especially in people living in conditions of extreme poverty [2].
PubMedID- 23326612 We found that children aged 0–5 years who present earlier for examination and testing prior to treatment for trachoma have higher odds of ocular chlamydia than those who present later, in 4 villages in trachoma-endemic niger.

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