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| Name |
Trachoma |
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| Description |
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Infections with serovars A, B, Ba, and C of Chlamydia trachomatis cause chronic keratoconjunctivitis in children with subsequent scarring and blindness in adults. Today, trachoma is largely found in poor, rural communities in low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Category |
Bacterial infectious disease
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| Brite |
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
Other diseases due to chlamydiae
1C23 Trachoma
H00349 Trachoma
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by chlamydia
H00349 Trachoma
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| Pathogen |
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| Drug |
Tetracycline hydrochloride [DR: D02122]
Doxycycline [DR: D00307]
Doxycycline hyclate [DR: D02129]
Doxycycline calcium [DR: D03903]
Minocycline hydrochloride [DR: D00850]
Demeclocycline hydrochloride [DR: D00290]
Sulfacetamide sodium [DR: D00871]
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| Other DBs |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Hu VH, Harding-Esch EM, Burton MJ, Bailey RL, Kadimpeul J, Mabey DC |
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| Title |
Epidemiology and control of trachoma: systematic review. |
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| Journal |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Smith JL, Haddad D, Polack S, Harding-Esch EM, Hooper PJ, Mabey DC, Solomon AW, Brooker S |
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Mapping the global distribution of trachoma: why an updated atlas is needed. |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Evans JR, Solomon AW |
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Antibiotics for trachoma. |
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