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. 2024 May 16;13(5):413.
doi: 10.3390/pathogens13050413.

Trachoma and the Importance of Sexual Infective Route in Developed Countries. Comment on Gallenga et al. Why the SAFE- S Strategy for Trachoma? Are Musca sorbens or Scatophaga stercoraria Really the Culprit?-A Brief Historical Review from an Italian Point of View. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1419

Damian Garcia-Teillard  1 , Salvador García-Delpech  2 , Patricia Udaondo  2
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Trachoma and the Importance of Sexual Infective Route in Developed Countries. Comment on Gallenga et al. Why the SAFE- S Strategy for Trachoma? Are Musca sorbens or Scatophaga stercoraria Really the Culprit?-A Brief Historical Review from an Italian Point of View. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1419

Damian Garcia-Teillard et al. Pathogens. .

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We have read the review article entitled "Why the SAFE-S Strategy for Trachoma [...].

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  • Pathogens. 12:1419.

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