Prevalence of trachoma in the Kayes region of Mali eight years after stopping mass drug administration

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 12; no. 2; p. e0006289
• Main Authors: Traoré, Lamine, Dembele, Benoit, Keita, Modibo, Reid, Steven D, Dembéle, Mahamadou, Mariko, Bréhima, Coulibaly, Famolo, Goldman, Whitney, Traoré, Dramane, Coulibaly, Daouda, Guindo, Boubacar, Amon, Joseph J, Knieriemen, Marily, Zhang, Yaobi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.02.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Azithromycin; Biology and Life Sciences; Causes of; Children; Chlamydia; Chlamydia trachomatis; Confidence intervals; Demographic aspects; Diagnosis; Evaluation; Households; International; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; People and Places; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Random sampling; Statistical sampling; Surgery; Surveying; Surveys; Systematic review; Trachoma; Tropical diseases; Mali

In 2009, three years after stopping mass treatment with azithromycin, a trachoma impact survey in four health districts in the Kayes region of Mali found a prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) among children aged 1 to 9 years of >5% and a trachomatous trichiasis (TT) prevalence...