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. 2021 Jan;104(1):207-215.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0777.

Population-Based Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Antibodies in Four Districts with Varying Levels of Trachoma Endemicity in Amhara, Ethiopia

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Population-Based Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Antibodies in Four Districts with Varying Levels of Trachoma Endemicity in Amhara, Ethiopia

Scott D Nash et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

The Trachoma Control Program in Amhara region, Ethiopia, scaled up the surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement (SAFE) strategy in all districts starting in 2007. Despite these efforts, many districts still require additional years of SAFE. In 2017, four districts were selected for the assessment of antibody responses against Chlamydia trachomatis antigens and C. trachomatis infection to better understand transmission. Districts with differing endemicity were chosen, whereby one had a previous trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) prevalence of ≥ 30% (Andabet), one had a prevalence between 10% and 29.9% (Dera), one had a prevalence between 5% and 10% (Woreta town), and one had a previous TF prevalence of < 5% (Alefa) and had not received antibiotic intervention for 2 years. Survey teams assessed trachoma clinical signs and took conjunctival swabs and dried blood spots (DBS) to measure infection and antibody responses. Trachomatous inflammation-follicular prevalence among children aged 1-9 years was 37.0% (95% CI: 31.1-43.3) for Andabet, 14.7% (95% CI: 10.0-20.5) for Dera, and < 5% for Woreta town and Alefa. Chlamydia trachomatis infection was only detected in Andabet (11.3%). Within these districts, 2,195 children provided DBS. The prevalence of antibody responses to the antigen Pgp3 was 36.9% (95% CI: 29.0-45.6%) for Andabet, 11.3% (95% CI: 5.9-20.6%) for Dera, and < 5% for Woreta town and Alefa. Seroconversion rate for Pgp3 in Andabet was 0.094 (95% CI: 0.069-0.128) events per year. In Andabet district, where SAFE implementation has occurred for 11 years, the antibody data support the finding of persistently high levels of trachoma transmission.

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Figure 1.
Location of four districts monitored for serological markers of trachoma and corresponding trachomatous inflammation-follicular district-level prevalence, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2017. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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Figure 2.
Trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) age-specific prevalence among whole district sample (n = 3,429) of children aged 1–9 years in four districts in Amhara, Ethiopia. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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Figure 3.
Seroprevalence among children aged 1–9 years (n = 2,391) to Chlamydia trachomatis Pgp3 and CT694, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2017. Error bars mark 95% CIs. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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Figure 4.
Seroconversion rate per year among children aged 1–9 years, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2017. Error bars mark 95% CIs. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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Figure 5.
Intensity of anti–Chlamydia trachomatis antibody responses among children aged 1–9 years to (A) Pgp3 and (B) CT694, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2017.

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