Risk factors for the progression of trachomatous scarring in a cohort of women in a trachoma low endemic district in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trachoma, a chronic conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Trachoma has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem which includes reducing trachomatous inflammation-follicular prevalence in children and reducing trachomatous trichiasis prevalence in adults. The rate of development of trachomatous trichiasis, the potentially blinding late-stage trachoma sequelae, depends on the rate of trachomatous scarring development and progression. Few studies to date have evaluated the progression of trachomatous scarring in communities that have recently transitioned to a low trachomatous inflammation-follicular prevalence.

Methodology/principal findings

Women aged 15 and older were randomly select

SUBMITTER: Wolle MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604323 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature