Changes in trachoma indicators in Kiribati with two rounds of azithromycin mass drug administration, measured in serial population-based surveys

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 17; no. 7; p. e0011441
• Main Authors: Goodhew, E Brook, Taoaba, Raebwebwe, Harding-Esch, Emma M, Gwyn, Sarah E, Bakhtiari, Ana, Butcher, Robert, Cama, Anasaini, Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J, Jimenez, Cristina, Mpyet, Caleb D, Tun, Kab, Wickens, Karana, Solomon, Anthony W, Martin, Diana L, Tekeraoi, Rabebe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 07.07.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Antibodies; Antigens; Azithromycin; Biology and Life Sciences; Disease control; Dosage and administration; Drinking water; Drug therapy; Drugs; Earth Sciences; Ethics; Evaluation; Eye examinations; Health aspects; Households; Indicators; Infections; Infectious Diseases; Medical laboratories; Medicine and Health Sciences; Nucleotide sequence; Parasitology; Patient outcomes; People and Places; Polls & surveys; Polyvinyl alcohol; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Public health; Research and Analysis Methods; Seroconversion; Serology; Surveys; Tetracycline; Tetracyclines; Towns; Trachoma; Tropical diseases; Tropical Medicine; Viral antibodies; Kiribati; Atlanta Georgia; United States > US

Baseline mapping in the two major population centers of Kiribati showed that trachoma was a public health problem in need of programmatic interventions. After conducting two annual rounds of antibiotic mass drug administration (MDA), Kiribati undertook trachoma impact surveys in 2019, using standard...