Assessing the Prevalence of Trachoma: Lessons from Community Screening with Laboratory Testing in Australia’s Torres Strait Islands

Author:

Lynch Kathleen D.12ORCID,Brian Garry1,Ahwang Tomisina3,Morotti Wendy1,Wharton Ghislaine34,Newie Tomi3,Newie Victoria3,Perrett Christine3,Ware Wagie3,Mosby Lucy3,Walters Shelley3,Brown Anthony35,Whop Lisa J.6ORCID,Lambert Stephen B.127ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Communicable Diseases Branch, Prevention Division, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia

2. UQ Centre for Clinical Research, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

3. Primary Health Care Services, Northern Sector, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Thursday Island, Australia

4. Best Practice Eyecare, Golden Beach, Australia

5. Chief Executive, South West Hospital and Health Service, Roma, Australia

6. National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

7. Surveillance, Coverage, Evaluation and Social Science, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Westmead, Australia

Funder

This work was performed in conjunction with public health trachoma screening activities in Queensland

with funding support from Queensland Health and the Australian Department of Health under the Project Agreement on Improving Trachoma Control Services for Indigenous Australians

National Health and Medical Research Council

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Subject

Ophthalmology,Epidemiology

Reference30 articles.

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2. Communicable Diseases Network Australia. National guidelines for the public health management of trachoma. Department of Health. https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/D02F0C1C2AB90509CA257C66001C089C/$File/Trachoma-SoNG.pdf. Published 2014. Accessed January 16, 2022.

3. The simplified trachoma grading system, amended

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