Transmission Conjuctivitis, keratitis conjunctiva, cornea Many bacteria, esp. Pseudomonas; rare viruses Neonates, esp. N.

gonorrheae Trachoma Chlamydia trachomatis (STD) Connection to contacts and improper cleaning, leaving in too long

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Vertical/contact often during birth, can be from eye discharge to anothers eye via hands/cloth

Scar tissue from infection covers eye

Prevention: antibiotics in newborns eyes. SAFE surgery-antibiotics, face washingenvironmental improvements. Important in very poor communities without clean water or latrines

Sty Staphylococcus aureus usually. A boil in an eyelash follicle Loaisis Loa loa worm Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Onchocerca volvulus another worm, related to loa loa, also African

Vector: deer fly Central Africa forests (solid below) Vector: black fly Breeds in fast moving water (hence River blindness) Thus bigger problem in some ways than loa loa because of where people live Impact: major problem; once common for young girl to be assigned to lead grandfather around by a stick, hence this statue at WHO HQ WHO efforts massive control program over past 40 years: drugs, education and vector elimination great success

Parasitemia while it migrates to eye; then vision loss due to inflammation/scarring