Blinding trachoma: a disease of poverty

PLoS Med. 2004 Nov;1(2):e44. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010044. Epub 2004 Nov 30.

Abstract

Trachoma accounts for 15% of blindness worldwide, affecting the world's poorest communities. How can the disease be controlled?

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Developing Countries*
  • Humans
  • Hygiene
  • Incidence
  • Infection Control
  • Poverty*
  • Public Health
  • Rural Population
  • Trachoma / complications*
  • Trachoma / economics*
  • Trachoma / epidemiology
  • Trachoma / therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents