TRACHOMA
- 1 October 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 38 (4) , 450-460
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1947.00900010463003
Abstract
TRACHOMA is one of the most widely spread diseases in the world. It may be a definite threat to the American soldier as a result of continued exposure in the Asiatic countries. It is conservatively reported that in China the disease has an incidence of about 25 per cent, implicating about 100,000,000 people.1In 1928 Japan was reported to have 17 per cent of its conscripts infected.2MacCallan3found there was heavy seeding of trachoma throughout the British Colonial Empire. It was especially prevalent in the Asiatic countries. The Fiji Islands are a known endemic area of trachoma. The local health authorities find it a definite epidemiologic problem. Reliable public health figures have never been available because of the lack of trained personnel to conduct an adequate survey.4 My interest developed during the medical examination of a group of natives employed by the United States ArmyKeywords
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