ArticleInternational health2019
Smartphone photography as a possible method of post-validation trachoma surveillance in resource-limited settings.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Innovative technologies to address neglected tropical diseases in African settings with persistent sociopolitical instability.Nature communications · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Biannual Mass Azithromycin Distributions to Preschool-Aged Children on Trachoma Prevalence in Niger: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Comparison of Methods for Assessing Chlamydia trachomatis Transmission Intensity: A Systematic Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Article
- Training Data Recorders with a Manual to Take High-Quality Trachoma Photographs in South Sudan.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Article
- Accuracy, acceptability and feasibility of photography for use in trachoma surveys: a mixed methods study in Tanzania.International health · 2024Article
- Comparing image quality and trachoma detection across three camera types from a survey in Kongwa, Tanzania.International health · 2023Article
- Telemedicine for Cornea and External Disease: A Scoping Review of Imaging Devices.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2023Article
- A Virtual Reading Center Model Using Crowdsourcing to Grade Photographs for Trachoma: Validation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Cost and community acceptability of enhanced antibiotic distribution approaches for trachoma in the Republic of South Sudan: enhancing the A in SAFE (ETAS) study protocol.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Assessing the subjective quality of smartphone anterior segment photography: a non-inferiority study.International ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Photographic grading for trachoma diagnosis within trachoma impact surveys in Amhara region, Ethiopia.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023Article
- Detection of trachoma using machine learning approaches.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Trachoma.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Learning curve evaluation upskilling retinal imaging using smartphones.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Azithromycin Reduction to Reach Elimination of Trachoma (ARRET): study protocol for a cluster randomized trial of stopping mass azithromycin distribution for trachoma.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Comparison of Smartphone Photography, Single-Lens Reflex Photography, and Field-Grading for Trachoma.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Development and deployment of a smartphone application for diagnosing trachoma: Leveraging code-free deep learning and edge artificial intelligence.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundValidation of trachoma elimination requires monitoring after discontinuation of trachoma program activities, though such evaluations are not commonly done.
methodsConjunctival examinations and smartphone photography were performed on a random sample of pre-school children from 15 villages in a region of Burkina Faso thought to have eliminated trachoma.
resultsNo clinically active trachoma was detected by in-field or photographic evaluation. Smartphone images demonstrated high agreement with field grading (>99% concordance).
conclusionsTrachoma appears to have been eliminated from this area of Burkina Faso. Smartphone cameras may be a useful aid for monitoring in resource-limited settings.
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