Coming National Program of Epidemiological Survey for Trachoma in China: Prevalence of Trachoma in Northern China
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Trachoma, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis), has been prevalent about hundreds years. Today, trachoma is still the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide [1]. Overall, it is the eighth commonest blinding disease [2]. The burden of trachoma on affected individuals and communities can be huge in terms of both the disability it causes and the economic costs that result. So it is the target of World Health Organization (WHO) initiative for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020) [3].
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تاریخ انتشار 2013