Pathogenesis of Progressive Scarring Trachoma in Ethiopia and Tanzania and Its Implications for Disease Control: Two Cohort Studies

• Matthew J. Burton ,

  * E-mail: matthew.burton@lshtm.ac.uk

  Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Ophthalmology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Saul N. Rajak,

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Victor H. Hu,

  Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Ophthalmology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Athumani Ramadhani,

  Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Ophthalmology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Esmael Habtamu,

  Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Patrick Massae,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Zerihun Tadesse,

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Kelly Callahan,

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Paul M. Emerson,

  Affiliation International Trachoma Initiative, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Peng T. Khaw,

  Affiliation National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

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• David Jeffries,

  Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

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• David C. W. Mabey,

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Robin L. Bailey,

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Helen A. Weiss,

  Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Martin J. Holland

  Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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