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Trachoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. It is a chronic infection of the conjunctival part of the eye lid that is caused by certain serotypes of Chlamydia Trachomatis.
The first infection is usually self limited and resolved without any complications while the recurrent infections are the cause of the corneal and conjunctival scaring.
Trachoma is associated with low socioeconomic lifestyle in which there poor hygiene and over crowded community.These risk factors can help to transmit the infection.
