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Risk factors for the progression of trachomatous scarring in a cohort of women in a trachoma low endemic district in Tanzania.

Meraf A WolleBeatriz E MuñozFahd NaufalMichael Saheb KashafHarran MkochaSheila K West
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
The 3.5-year progression of scarring among women in Kongwa, a formerly hyperendemic now turned hypoendemic district in central Tanzania, was high despite a low active trachoma prevalence. This suggests that the drivers of scarring progression are likely not related to on-going trachoma transmission in this district.
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