Prevalence and spatial distributions of trachomatous inflammation-follicular among children aged 1-9 years in rural areas of Yilmana Densa and Gonji Kolela districts, Northwestern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Trachoma is the world's major infectious cause of blindness, responsible for blinding 1.9 million people, including 1.2 million irreversibly. It is still endemic predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Five or more follicles in the upper tarsal conjunctiva measuring at least 0.5 mm indicate trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) disease. No previous study determined the prevalence of TF, and it had not been determined for the study area to satisfy adequate geospatial representation/spatial distribution of TF among children 1-9 years old. These study findings can help programmers understand the prevalence of TF and identify the villages in the study area where TF will be clustered to implement appropriate intervention strategies to support the current trachoma control an

SUBMITTER: Alelign M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12369255 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature