ArticleTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2016
Community seroprevalence survey for yaws and trachoma in the Western Division of Fiji.
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- A search for trachoma in Timor-Leste: no evidence to justify undertaking population-based prevalence surveys.Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2018Pooled it
- A systematic review of historical and contemporary evidence of trachoma endemicity in the Pacific Islands.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
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- Comparison of three serological assays to measure antibody response to Chlamydia antigen Pgp3 in adolescent and young adults with pelvic inflammatory disease.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2018Trial
- Comparison of Methods for Assessing Chlamydia trachomatis Transmission Intensity: A Systematic Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Article
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- Assessing seroprevalence and associated risk factors for multiple infectious diseases in Sabah, Malaysia using serological multiplex bead assays.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The simplified trachoma grading system, amended.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2020Article
- Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection, anti-Pgp3 antibodies and conjunctival scarring in Vanuatu and Tarawa, Kiribati before antibiotic treatment for trachoma.The Journal of infection · 2020Article
- Absence of Serological Evidence of Exposure toThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- The utility of serology for elimination surveillance of trachoma.Nature communications · 2018Article
- Advancing the public health applications of Chlamydia trachomatis serology.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2018Review
- Community-based mass treatment with azithromycin for the elimination of yaws in Ghana-Results of a pilot study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Clinical signs of trachoma are prevalent among Solomon Islanders who have no persistent markers of prior infection withWellcome open research · 2018Article
- Comparison of Platforms for Testing Antibody Responses against theThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Serology reflects a decline in the prevalence of trachoma in two regions of The Gambia.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Prevalence of signs of trachoma, ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and antibodies to Pgp3 in residents of Kiritimati Island, Kiribati.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundBoth yaws and trachoma are endemic in several countries in the Pacific. In co-endemic countries there may be potential synergies between both control programmes.
methodsWe undertook a cluster randomised trachoma and yaws seroprevalence survey of children in the Western Division of Fiji. Children were examined for skin lesions consistent with active yaws. A dried blood spot was collected which was tested using the Treponema pallidum particle agglutination (TPPA) test and an ELISA to detect antibodies against Pgp3.
resultsA total of 607 children from 305 households across 23 villages were recruited into the survey. On skin examination, no child had clinical evidence of yaws, and the TPPA assay was negative in all children (0%, 95% CI 0.0-0.6). The seroprevalence of Pgp3 antibodies was 20.9% (95% CI 17.8-24.6%). DISCUSSION: In this study there was neither clinical nor serological evidence that transmission of yaws was ongoing. The Pgp3 seroprevalence pattern was consistent with either low level transmission of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis or exposure to C. trachomatis in the birth canal which is consistent with a survey conducted in the same region in 2013. These data suggest neither yaws nor ocular chlamydia infection are a significant public health problem in the Western Division of Fiji.
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