Prevalence of Ocular Chlamydia Trachomatis and Active Trachoma Among Children in Merhabete District, Amhara, Ethiopia

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

By 
Awraris Hailu Bilchut, 
Esmael Habtamu, 
Yeshigeta Gelaw, 
Aemero Abateneh, 
Belay Beyene, 
Ambahun Chernet, 
Tariku Wondie, 
Adisu Abebe, 
Huiyu Hu, 
Hadley Burroughs, 
Zhaoxia Zhao, 
Jessica Shantha, 
Scott D. Nash, 
Benjamin F. Arnold, 
Thomas M. Lietman, 
and Catherine E. Oldenburg

There have been significant reductions in the burden of trachoma worldwide. However, some districts have experienced persistently high trachoma prevalence despite many years of intervention. Here, we report the epidemiology of trachoma in Merhabete, Ethiopia, a district in the Amhara Region that has been receiving azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) since 2009.

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