Prevalence of trachoma in Pernambuco State, Brazil (2014-2015)

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Vol. 63; pp. e29 - 7
• Main Authors: Brito, Cintia Michele Gondim de, Medeiros, Zulma Maria de, Barbosa, Celivane Cavalcanti, Montarroyos, Ulisses Ramos, Ferraz, Cristiano, Vieira, Marcel de Toledo, Lopes, Maria de Fátima Costa, Gouveia, Giselle Campozana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 01.01.2021; Instituto de Medicina Tropical; Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
• Subjects: Age groups; Brazil - epidemiology; Censuses; Child; Child, Preschool; Chlamydia; Chlamydia trachomatis; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Epidemiological surveillance; Female; Follicular trachoma; Guardians; Households; Humans; Infant; Infections; Male; Original; Prevalence; Prevention and control; Public health; Risk Factors; Software; Trachoma - diagnosis; Trachoma - epidemiology; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Brazil; Epidemiological surveillance; Chlamydia trachomatis; Prevalence; Prevention and control; Follicular trachoma

To estimate the prevalence of cases of trachoma in the population at social risk aged 1-9 years in Pernambuco State and its mesoregions. This was a cross-sectional study in which secondary data from the National Household Survey on Trachoma (2014-2015) were analyzed. The study covered 96 census trac...