Open AccessShort-sightedness in sight-saving: half a strategy will not eliminate blinding trachoma
Author(s) -
Maggie Montgomery,
Jamie Bartram
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.09.075424
Subject(s) - trachoma , blinding , sight , medicine , optometry , environmental health , clinical trial , physics , pathology , optics
There is no vaccine for trachoma, but antibiotics reduce the pathogen load in hosts and shorten the infec-tious period; while surgery reverses the in-turning of eyelashes that causes corneal trauma and eventual blind-ness. However, treated individuals can be reinfected, especially in unhygienic environments.
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