Treharne J D
Rev Infect Dis. 1985 Nov-Dec;7(6):760-4. doi: 10.1093/clinids/7.6.760.
Effective eradication of avoidable blindness due to trachoma requires an understanding of the epidemiologic determinants that promote the disease. These determinants include both host factors, such as age, sex, and race, and environmental determinants, including climate, water availability, and general socioeconomic conditions. All of these factors may drastically modify the incidence, prevalence, and severity of trachoma within a community. Longitudinal seroepidemiologic studies on the transmission of the infection have helped to elucidate the more important risk factors in trachomatous communities, and this information must be carefully considered in the assessment of proposed programs for trachoma control.
有效根除因沙眼导致的可避免失明需要了解促进该疾病传播的流行病学决定因素。这些决定因素包括宿主因素，如年龄、性别和种族，以及环境决定因素，包括气候、水的可及性和总体社会经济状况。所有这些因素都可能极大地改变社区内沙眼的发病率、患病率和严重程度。关于感染传播的纵向血清流行病学研究有助于阐明沙眼流行社区中更重要的风险因素，在评估拟议的沙眼控制项目时必须仔细考虑这些信息。
