Risk factors for active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in treatment-naïve trachoma-hyperendemic communities of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Anna R Last, Sarah E Burr, Helen A Weiss, Emma M Harding-Esch, Eunice Cassama, Meno Nabicassa, David C Mabey, Martin J Holland, Robin L Bailey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Four Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002900; https://doaj.org/article/657446e806234fdab6d95b4259cb00e1

Trachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is hyperendemic on the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea Bissau. An understanding of the risk factors associated with active trachoma and infection on these remote and isolated islands, which are atypical of trachoma-endemic environments d...