Understanding the spatial distribution of trichiasis and its association with trachomatous inflammation-follicular

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 364
• Main Authors: Flueckiger, Rebecca Mann, Giorgi, Emanuele, Cano, Jorge, Abdala, Mariamo, Amiel, Olga Nelson, Baayenda, Gilbert, Bakhtiari, Ana, Batcho, Wilfrid, Bennawi, Kamal Hashim, Dejene, Michael, Elshafie, Balgesa Elkheir, Elvis, Aba Ange, François, Missamou, Goepogui, André, Kalua, Khumbo, Kebede, Biruck, Kiflu, Genet, Masika, Michael P, Massangaie, Marilia, Mpyet, Caleb, Ndjemba, Jean, Ngondi, Jeremiah M, Olobio, Nicholas, Turyaguma, Patrick, Willis, Rebecca, Yeo, Souleymane, Solomon, Anthony W, Pullan, Rachel L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.04.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Blindness; Chlamydia infections; Clustering; Complications and side effects; Diagnostic systems; Disease; Economic indicators; Economic models; Epidemiology; Geostatistics; Infectious diseases; Inflammation; Neglected tropical disease; Pathogenesis; Public health; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Sanitation; Spatial distribution; Trachoma; Trichiasis; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Visual impairment; Water resource management; Benin; Mozambique; Malawi; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Nigeria; Ethiopia; Global trachoma mapping project; Trichiasis; Neglected tropical disease; Visual impairment; Blindness; Trachoma; Epidemiology

Whilst previous work has identified clustering of the active trachoma sign "trachomatous inflammation-follicular" (TF), there is limited understanding of the spatial structure of trachomatous trichiasis (TT), the rarer, end-stage, blinding form of disease. Here we use community-level TF pr...