Fly control yields
fewer trachoma cases
A program to kill flies in villages
in the West African country Gambia reduced the incidence of trachoma,
a disease that can cause blindness.
References:
Emerson, P.M. . . . and R.L. Bailey. 1999. Effect of fly control
on trachoma and diarrhoea. Lancet 353(April 24):1401.
Further Readings:
Dawson, C. 1999. Flies and the elimination of blinding trachoma.
Lancet 353(April 24):1376.
Dolin, P.J., et al. 1997. Reduction in trachoma in a sub-Saharan
village in absence of a disease control programme. Lancet 349:151.
MacCallan, A.F. 1931. The epidemiology of trachoma in Egypt. British
Journal of Ophthalmology 15:369.
Thylefors, B., et al. 1995. Global data on blindness. Bull
World Health Organization 73:115.
Further information about trachoma can be found at http://www.who.int/pbd/trachoma/introd.htm.
Sources:
Robin L. Bailey
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 22, May 29, 1999, p. 351.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
