Yaghoobi Gholamhossein, Anani Sarab Gholamreza
Dept. of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
Infectious Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
Iran J Public Health. 2018 Oct;47(10):1458-1465.
Trachoma as a common cause of infectious blindness is caused by . This study aimed to review the available data from variety of sources and provide an overview of the epidemiological situation of Trachoma in Iran focused on the past seventy five years.
A literature search of English and Farsi articles regarding trachoma in Iran from the electronic databases and paper documents was performed. Original articles, case reports and letters were included.
By the early and mid-20 century, trachoma was widely endemic with the prevalence rate of more than 60% in Iran. Currently, trachoma prevalence is significantly lower than in the past and the elimination of trachoma is achievable in the near future. The decline in active disease is mainly attributed to improvement of socio-economic situation and personal and environmental hygiene rather than targeted interventions for epidemic control.
Elimination of trachoma in Iran is achievable. However, trachoma prevalence estimation is required to be interpreted with some caution. Uncertainty around these estimates is partly because of the mismatch between the presence of infection and clinical findings.
沙眼作为感染性失明的常见病因，是由……引起的。本研究旨在回顾来自各种来源的现有数据，并概述伊朗过去75年沙眼的流行病学情况。
通过电子数据库和纸质文献对有关伊朗沙眼的英文和波斯文文章进行文献检索。纳入原创文章、病例报告和信函。
在20世纪早期和中期，沙眼在伊朗广泛流行，患病率超过60%。目前，沙眼患病率显著低于过去，在不久的将来可实现沙眼消除。活动性疾病的下降主要归因于社会经济状况以及个人和环境卫生的改善，而非针对疫情控制的有针对性干预措施。
伊朗可实现沙眼消除。然而，沙眼患病率估计需要谨慎解读。这些估计的不确定性部分是由于感染存在与临床发现之间的不匹配。
