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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2024

Trachoma: an underdiagnosed disease revealed by a survey carried out at Jaú, São Paulo.

Luisa Fioravanti Schaal, Roberta Lilian Fernandes de Sousa Meneghim, Lucieni Cristina Barbarini Ferraz, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Cassiano Victoria, Silvana Artioli Schellini

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Luisa Fioravanti SchaalSurgical Specialties and Anesthesiology Department, Botucatu Medical School, State University of São Paulo- UNESP, Avenida Professor Mário Rubens Montenegro, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18618-970, Brazil. luisa_schaal@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-9363
Roberta Lilian Fernandes de Sousa MeneghimSurgical Specialties and Anesthesiology Department, Botucatu Medical School, State University of São Paulo- UNESP, Avenida Professor Mário Rubens Montenegro, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18618-970, Brazil.
Lucieni Cristina Barbarini FerrazBauru State Hospital, Av. Eng. Luís Edmundo Carrijo Coube, 1-100 - Nucleo Res. Pres. Geisel, Bauru, SP, 17033-360, Brazil.
Carlos Roberto PadovaniDepartment of Biostatistics, Plant Biology, Parasitology and Zoology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences - State University of São Paulo- UNESP, Rua Professor Doutor Antonio Celso Wagner Zanin, 250, Botucatu-São Paulo, 18618-689, Brazil.
Cassiano VictoriaDepartment of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of Botucatu, State University of São Paulo- UNESP, Rua Prof. Doutor Walter Maurício Correa S/N, São Paulo, CEP: 18618-681, Brazil.
Silvana Artioli SchelliniSurgical Specialties and Anesthesiology Department, Botucatu Medical School, State University of São Paulo- UNESP, Avenida Professor Mário Rubens Montenegro, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18618-970, Brazil.

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backgroundTrachoma is a notifiable disease in the state of São Paulo- Brazil. However, in Jaú, a municipality located in this state, in the last 10 years there are no records of cases. This study purpose is to assess if there are cases of inflammatory trachoma in schoolchildren aged 1 to 9 years in the municipality of Jaú as well if it is possible to detect clusters areas of the disease to establish elimination programs.

methodsAn epidemiological study was performed in 2018, involving a stratified random sample of schoolchildren aged 1- to 9-year-old, from public day care centers and elementary schools in the municipality of Jaú. A trachoma screening following the criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the distribution of cases was assessed using geoprocessing.

resultsFour thousand-six hundred-nineteen children from 44 elementary schools were examined, and 126 children with active trachoma were detected, with an adjusted prevalence rate of 2.65%. The prevalence was higher (3.01%) in children aged 6- to 9-year-old compared to children aged 1-to 5-year-old (2.42%). There were clusters with a higher concentration of positive cases of the disease in three schools located in the neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic conditions.

conclusionInflammatory trachoma still present in children aged 1- to 9-year-old in the city of Jaú. The positive cases were located mainly in areas with low socioeconomic conditions. Health promotion with active search and periodical treatment must be planned to fight this important blinding cause, that persists in our municipality.

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TrachomaBrazilChildChild, PreschoolEpidemiologic StudiesHumansInfantMass ScreeningPrevalenceResearch DesignBrazilEpidemiology surveysPrevalenceTrachoma

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