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. 2019 Nov 1;60(14):4805-4810.
doi: 10.1167/iovs.19-28629.

Toward the Elimination of Disease: the 2019 Weisenfeld Award Lecture

Sheila K West  1
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Toward the Elimination of Disease: the 2019 Weisenfeld Award Lecture

Sheila K West. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. .
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Two criteria for elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in each endemic district.
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The age-specific prevalence of signs of trachoma in a hyperendemic district. *Active trachoma = TF and/or TI.
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Global Trachoma Atlas as of September 24, 2019 (http://www.trachomaatlas.org/).
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