Trachoma risk tied to sleeping near cooking fires, lack of ventilation

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Children who sleep in unventilated rooms with cooking fires are at greater risk for severe trachoma, a leading cause of preventable blindness in developing countries, according to the findings of a recent study conducted in Tanzania.

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