Prevalence of signs of trachoma, ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and antibodies to Pgp3 in residents of Kiritimati Island, Kiribati

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 11; no. 9; p. e0005863
• Main Authors: Cama, Anaseini, Müller, Andreas, Taoaba, Raebwebwe, Butcher, Robert M R, Itibita, Iakoba, Migchelsen, Stephanie J, Kiauea, Tokoriri, Pickering, Harry, Willis, Rebecca, Roberts, Chrissy H, Bakhtiari, Ana, Le Mesurier, Richard T, Alexander, Neal D E, Martin, Diana L, Tekeraoi, Rabebe, Solomon, Anthony W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.09.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Antibiotics; Antibodies; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Antigens, Bacterial - immunology; Bacteria; Bacterial Proteins - immunology; Biology and Life Sciences; Blindness; Blood; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Chlamydia; Chlamydia infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Confidence intervals; Countries; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnosis; Disease; Disease prevention; Distribution; DNA; Earth Sciences; ELISA; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Epidemiology; Gender; Humans; Hygiene; Immunoglobulins; Infant; Infections; Islands; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Micronesia - epidemiology; Nucleotide sequence; PCR; People and Places; Plasmids; Population; Prevalence; Properties; Public health; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Sexually transmitted diseases; Spots; STD; Supervision; Task forces; Trachoma; Trachoma - complications; Trachoma - epidemiology; Trachoma - microbiology; Transmission; Trichiasis - etiology; Tropical diseases; Kiribati; United States > US; Fiji; Georgia

In some Pacific Island countries, such as Solomon Islands and Fiji, active trachoma is common, but ocular Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection and trachomatous trichiasis (TT) are rare. On Tarawa, the most populous Kiribati island, both the active trachoma sign "trachomatous inflammation-follic...