摘要：In the course of a morbidity survey on trachoma and other communicable eye diseases carried out in the district of Hebron, Jordan, in June and July 1960, a total of 4031 persons were examined (2017 in Hebron town and 2014 in the surrounding villages). Trachoma infection was found in 47.6% (31.2% active) of those examined in Hebron town and in 63.9% (44.4% active) of those seen in the villages. Among the conclusions the author draws from a careful evaluation of the findings are the following. Trachoma in the Hebron area is a relatively mild infection which generally has its onset relatively late in life. The prevalence of the disease is significantly higher in the rural area than in Hebron town. The tendency to spontaneous healing is more marked in population groups with low over-all infection rates. It was quite a frequent finding that several members of one family were suffering from trachoma, but the number of persons per family had no apparent influence on the pattern of the disease. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (1.8M), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436
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