Sanitation and water supply coverage thresholds associated with active trachoma: Modeling cross-sectional data from 13 countries

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 12; no. 1; p. e0006110
• Main Authors: Garn, Joshua V, Boisson, Sophie, Willis, Rebecca, Bakhtiari, Ana, Al-Khatib, Tawfik, Amer, Khaled, Batcho, Wilfrid, Courtright, Paul, Dejene, Michael, Goepogui, Andre, Kalua, Khumbo, Kebede, Biruck, Macleod, Colin K, Madeleine, Kouakou IIunga Marie, Mbofana, Mariamo Saide Abdala, Mpyet, Caleb, Ndjemba, Jean, Olobio, Nicholas, Pavluck, Alexandre L, Sokana, Oliver, Southisombath, Khamphoua, Taleo, Fasihah, Solomon, Anthony W, Freeman, Matthew C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Access; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Chlamydia trachomatis; Communities; Control; Countries; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data; Disease transmission; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Environmental health; Epidemiology; Global Health; Health aspects; Households; Humans; Hygiene; Infant; Infections; Medicine and Health Sciences; Modelling; Poisson density functions; Prevalence; Prevention; Protection; Public health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Sanitation; Sanitation - methods; Sanitation facilities; Software; Statistical analysis; Studies; Systematic review; Task forces; Thresholds; Trachoma; Trachoma - epidemiology; Trachoma - prevention & control; Trachoma - transmission; Transmission; Tropical diseases; Washing; Water Supply; Atlanta Georgia; United Kingdom > UK; Malawi; United States > US; South Africa; Nigeria; Switzerland; Ethiopia; Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Facial cleanliness and sanitation are postulated to reduce trachoma transmission, but there are no previous data on community-level herd protection thresholds. We characterize associations between active trachoma, access to improved sanitation facilities, and access to improved water sources for the...