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  1. Chronic eye infection, resembling severe
  2. conjunctivitis. The conjunctiva becomes
  3. inflamed, with scarring and formation of pus,
  4. and there may be damage to the cornea. It is
  5. caused by a viruslike organism (chlamydia),
  6. and is a disease of dry tropical regions.
  7. Although it responds well to antibiotics,
  8. numerically it remains the biggest single
  9. cause of blindness worldwide.
  10.