Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Infections with serovars A, B, Ba, and C of Chlamydia trachomatis cause chronic keratoconjunctivitis in children with subsequent scarring and blindness in adults. Today, trachoma is largely found in poor, rural communities in low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
Other diseases due to chlamydiae
1C23 Trachoma
H00349 Trachoma
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by chlamydia
H00349 Trachoma
