Low Prevalence of Conjunctival Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in a Treatment-Naïve Trachoma-Endemic Region of the Solomon Islands

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 10; no. 9; p. e0004863
• Main Authors: Butcher, Robert M R, Sokana, Oliver, Jack, Kelvin, Macleod, Colin K, Marks, Michael E, Kalae, Eric, Sui, Leslie, Russell, Charles, Tutill, Helena J, Williams, Rachel J, Breuer, Judith, Willis, Rebecca, Le Mesurier, Richard T, Mabey, David C W, Solomon, Anthony W, Roberts, Chrissy H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.09.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Distribution; Biology and Life Sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Chlamydia; Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification; Cluster Analysis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease; Family Characteristics; Female; Genomes; Hospitals; Humans; Hygiene; Infant; Infections; Intervention; Logistic Models; Male; Mass Screening; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Melanesia - epidemiology; People and places; Phylogeny; Population; Primary care; Research and Analysis Methods; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Trachoma - epidemiology; Trichiasis - epidemiology; Tropical diseases; University colleges; United Kingdom > UK; Solomon Islands

Trachoma is endemic in several Pacific Island states. Recent surveys across the Solomon Islands indicated that whilst trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) was present at levels warranting intervention, the prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis (TT) was low. We set out to determine the relations...