Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1998; Volume 76, Number 3, Year 1998 76 (3), Pages 233-235: Commentary ; Smallpox Eradication in West and Central Africa Revisited

By W. H. Foegei

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Title:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1998; Volume 76, Number 3, Year 1998 76 (3), Pages 233-235: Commentary ; Smallpox Eradication in West and Central Africa Revisited
Author:	W. H. Foegei
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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INTRODUCTION Two characteristic features of trachoma-granulations (follicles) and scarring of the conjunctivawere recognized in Egypt in, Pharaonic times. Corneal pannus was described in mediaeval manuals of the Greeks and Arabs. During the first half of the present century, when biomicroscopj~ came into use, refined clinical studies of trachoma carried out in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States of America confirmed the concept of a clear-cut disease entity with the three abovementioned cardinal signs. Workers in these areas considered pannus a sine qua lion in the diagnosis and there was almost universal acceptance that it occurred very early in the course of the disease

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