Risk factors for active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in treatment-naïve trachoma-hyperendemic communities of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 8; no. 6; p. e2900
• Main Authors: Last, Anna R, Burr, Sarah E, Weiss, Helen A, Harding-Esch, Emma M, Cassama, Eunice, Nabicassa, Meno, Mabey, David C, Holland, Martin J, Bailey, Robin L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Care and treatment; Carrier State - epidemiology; Carrier State - microbiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Chlamydia; Chlamydia trachomatis; Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification; Conjunctiva - microbiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographic aspects; Diagnosis; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification; Female; Guinea-Bissau - epidemiology; Households; Humans; Hygiene; Infant; Infections; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Population; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Risk Factors; Sanitation; Sex Factors; Sexually transmitted diseases; STD; Studies; Trachoma - epidemiology; Trachoma - microbiology; Women; Young Adult; Guinea-Bissau

Trachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is hyperendemic on the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea Bissau. An understanding of the risk factors associated with active trachoma and infection on these remote and isolated islands, which are atypical of trachoma-endemic environments d...