Constant ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis predicts risk of scarring in children in Tanzania.

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Published in Ophthalmology on December 16, 2008

Authors

Meraf A Wolle1, Beatriz E Muñoz, Harran Mkocha, Sheila K West

Author Affiliations

1: Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

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