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Serologic Assessment of Public Health Action Needed for Trachoma, Coastal Ecuador, 2021–2024

Year: 2026

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: We evaluated the probability of needing public health actions against trachoma in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, by estimating seroconversion rates of Chlamydia trachomatis plasma gene protein 3 IgG in children. Seroconversion rates suggest high probability of the need for public health interventions in rural communities and motivate further assessment.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3211.261024

Authors: Everlyn Kamau, Lesly Simbaña, Stuart Torres, Nikolina Walas, Gretchen Cooley, Chabier Coleman, E. Brook Goodhew, Diana L. Martin, Hadley Burroughs, Manuel Calvopiña, William Cevallos, Sandra Vivero, Victoria Nipaz, Josefina Coloma, Gwenyth O. Lee, Gabriel Trueba, Joseph N.S. Eisenberg, Karen Levy, Benjamin F. Arnold

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Central University of Ecuador, University of California, San Francisco, University of Washington, University of Michigan, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive tract infections research

Subfield: Microbiology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Emory University, University of Washington, University of California, San Francisco, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: American and Asian Centers for Arboviral Research and Enhanced Surveillance (A2CARES), Zika and Dengue Co-circulation Under Environmental Change and Urbanization, Gut microbiome, enteric infections and child growth across a rurual urban gradient, Enteric Pathogen Force of Infection among Children using Serology, Seroepidemiology of trachoma for the elimination endgame

OpenAlex ID: W7215821436

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