Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018

Noya-Alarcón, Oscar; Bevilacqua, Maríapía; Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.

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Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018

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January 2019
By Noya-Alarcón, Oscar ; Bevilacqua, Maríapía ; Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Noya-Alarcón, Oscar ; Bevilacqua, Maríapía ; Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
Description:

Trachoma is among the most common infectious causes of blindness. During January-May 2018, a total of 4 trachoma cases were diagnosed among Amerindians of the Yanomami ethnic group in 3 communities of southern Venezuela. This country has social and environmental conditions conducive to the endemicity of this neglected tropical disease.
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Adult Blindness Female Humans Indians, South American Male Middle Aged Neglected Diseases Tropical Medicine Young Adult
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Emerg Infect Dis. 25(1):182-183
Pubmed ID:

30561321
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6302605
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Venezuela
Volume:

25
Issue:

1
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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