TY - JOUR AU - Noya-Alarcón, Oscar AU - Bevilacqua, Maríapía AU - Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso T1 - Trachoma in 3 Amerindian Communities, Venezuelan Amazon, 2018 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 1 SP - 182 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Trachoma KW - Chlamydia trachomatis KW - blindness KW - neglected tropical diseases KW - Venezuela KW - indigenous population KW - Amerindians KW - ocular infection KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2501.181362 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/1/18-1362_article ER - End of Reference