Clinical signs of trachoma and laboratory evidence of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a remote Queensland community: a serial cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the findings of standard clinical assessments and of complementary clinical and laboratory methods for determining whether community-wide treatment for trachoma is warranted in a remote Queensland community.

Design

Three cross-sectional screening surveys, 2019-2021, complemented by laboratory pathology testing.

Setting

Small community in northwest Queensland with geographic and cultural ties to Northern Territory communities where trachoma persists.

Participants

Children aged 1-14 years; opportunistic screening of people aged 15 years or more.

Main outcome measures

Prevalence of clinical signs of trachoma, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, ocular non-chlamydial infections, and seropositivity for antibodies to the C. trachomatis Pgp3

SUBMITTER: Lynch KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9827872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature