What Is Causing Active Trachoma? The Role of Nonchlamydial Bacterial Pathogens in a Low Prevalence Setting

PURPOSE. In low prevalence settings, clinically active follicular trachoma (TF) is often found in the absence of detectable Chlamydia trachomatis. The reasons for this persistent follicular phenotype are not well understood; one possible explanation is that other bacterial species are provoking the...

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Hauptverfasser: Burton, Matthew J., Hu, Victor H., Massae, Patrick, Burr, Sarah E., Chevallier, Caroline, Afwamba, Isaac A., Courtright, Paul, Weiss, Helen A., Mabey, David C. W., Bailey, Robin L.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. 2011
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176035/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21693601
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.11-7326
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