Prevalence of signs of trachoma, ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and antibodies to Pgp3 in residents of Kiritimati Island, Kiribati.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on September 12, 2017

Authors

Anaseini Cama1,2, Andreas Müller3, Raebwebwe Taoaba4, Robert M R Butcher5, Iakoba Itibita6, Stephanie J Migchelsen5, Tokoriri Kiauea6, Harry Pickering5, Rebecca Willis7, Chrissy H Roberts5, Ana Bakhtiari7, Richard T Le Mesurier1,2, Neal D E Alexander8, Diana L Martin9, Rabebe Tekeraoi4, Anthony W Solomon5,10, Global Trachoma Mapping Project

Author Affiliations

1: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Western Pacific Region, Suva, Fiji.
2: The Fred Hollows Foundation, Sydney, Australia.
3: Centre for Eye Research, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
4: Eye Department, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, South Tarawa, Kiribati.
5: Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
6: Kiritimati Hospital, London, Kiritimati Island, Kiribati.
7: International Trachoma Initiative, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.
8: MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
9: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
10: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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