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Pesky trachoma suspect finally caught

18 May 2004

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AIM: Face seeking flies have long been thought to transmit Chlamydia trachomatis, the causative agent of trachoma, but this has never been proven. The four criteria proposed by Barnett, previously used to incriminate other arthropods suspected of transmitting disease, were examined. One of these criteria remains unmet: the repeated demonstration of the presence of C trachomatis on flies. The authors used...

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PMID: 15148205
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.038661

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