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Defining Seropositivity Thresholds for Use in Trachoma Elimination Studies

BACKGROUND: Efforts are underway to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem by 2020. Programmatic guidelines are based on clinical signs that correlate poorly with Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection in post-treatment and low-endemicity settings. Age-specific seroprevalence of anti Ct Pgp3 an...

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Autores principales: Migchelsen, Stephanie J., Martin, Diana L., Southisombath, Khamphoua, Turyaguma, Patrick, Heggen, Anne, Rubangakene, Peter Paul, Joof, Hassan, Makalo, Pateh, Cooley, Gretchen, Gwyn, Sarah, Solomon, Anthony W., Holland, Martin J., Courtright, Paul, Willis, Rebecca, Alexander, Neal D. E., Mabey, David C. W., Roberts, Chrissy h.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5242428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005230