作者
John Nesemann, Marleny Betsy Muñoz, Noelia Morocho-Alburqueque, Alvaro Quincho-Lopez, Dionna M Wittberg, Harvey Honorio, Solomon Durand, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, Emma M Harding-Esch, Sandra Talero, Anthony W Solomon, Andres G Lescano, Jeremy D Keenan
发表日期
2021/6/21
期刊
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
卷号
62
期号
8
页码范围
2625-2625
出版商
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
简介
Purpose: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has identified trachoma as a potential public health problem in Perú. We performed a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of trachoma in Alto Amazonas, Perú.
Methods: We selected 22 communities via probability-proportional-to-size sampling after excluding urban areas. In a random selection of approximately 30 households per community, all children aged 1-9 were examined for trachomatous inflammation—follicular (TF) and trachomatous inflammation—intense (TI), and individuals aged 15+ years were evaluated for trachomatous trichiasis (TT), ie, upper lid trichiasis, using the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2018 amended trachoma grading system. Each child’s right conjunctiva was swabbed and tested for Chlamydia trachomatis DNA.
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