"The blinding disease". The history of trachoma in Italians between the 19th and 20th centuries: colonial or national blindness?

19th and 20th Century Italian immigrants in America Trachoma colonial diseases history of Chlamydia trachomatis infectious diseases

Journal

Pathogens and global health
ISSN: 2047-7732
Titre abrégé: Pathog Glob Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101583421

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 Apr 2024
Historique:
medline: 22 4 2024
pubmed: 22 4 2024
entrez: 22 4 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Trachoma is one of the oldest known causes of blindness in humans and it is caused by the intracellular Gram-negative bacterium

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2024.2342623 PMID: 38644632
pubmed: 38644632
doi: 10.1080/20477724.2024.2342623
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1-6

Auteurs

Mariano Martini (M)

Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
UNESCO Chair "Anthropology of Health - Biosphere and Healing System", University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Genoa, Italy.

Niccolò Riccardi (N)

Infectious Diseases Clinic, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

Omar Simonetti (O)

Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4016-4136

Davide Orsini (D)

University Museum System of Siena (SIMUS), History of Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Francesco Samassa (F)

Department of Ophthalmology, Ospedale dell'Angelo di Mestre - AULSS3 - Serenissima, Mestre, Italy.

Alessandra Parodi (A)

Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin, Ruprecht-Karls - Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

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