@article{31210,
  keywords = {Trachoma, Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), mass drug administration (MDA), Mali, Elimination, Children, Azithromycin, Prevalence},
  author = {Traoré L and Dembele B and Keita M and Reid S and Dembéle M and Mariko B and Coulibaly F and Goldman W and Traoré D and Coulibaly D and Guindo B and Amon J and Knieriemen M and Zhang Y},
  title = {Prevalence of trachoma in the Kayes region of Mali eight years after stopping mass drug administration.},
  abstract = {<p><strong>BACKGROUND: </strong>In 2009, three years after stopping mass treatment with azithromycin, a trachoma impact survey in four health districts in the Kayes region of Mali found a prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) among children aged 1 to 9 years of &gt;5% and a trachomatous trichiasis (TT) prevalence within the general population (≥1-year-old) of &lt;1%. As a result, the government's national trachoma program expanded trichiasis surgery and related activities required to achieve trachoma elimination.</p>

<p><strong>METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: </strong>In 2015, to assess progress towards elimination, a follow-up impact survey was conducted in the Kayes, Kéniéba, Nioro and Yélimané health districts. The survey used district level two-stage cluster random sampling methodology with 20 clusters of 30 households in each evaluation unit. Subjects were eligible for examination if they were ≥1 year. TF and TT cases were identified and confirmed by experienced ophthalmologists. In total 14,159 people were enumerated and 11,620 (82%) were examined. TF prevalence (95% confidence interval (CI)) was 0.5% (0.3-1%) in Kayes, 0.8% (0.4-1.7%) in Kéniéba, 0.2% (0-0.9%) in Nioro and 0.3% (0.1-1%) in Yélimané. TT prevalence (95% CI) was 0.04% (0-0.25%) in Kayes, 0.29% (0.11-0.6%) in Kéniéba, 0.04% (0-0.25%) in Nioro and 0.07% (0-0.27%) in Yélimané.</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: </strong>Eight years after stopping MDA and intensifying trichiasis surgery outreach campaigns, all four districts reached the TF elimination threshold of &lt;5% and three of four districts reached the TT elimination threshold of &lt;0.1%.</p>
},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {PLoS neglected tropical diseases},
  volume = {12},
  pages = {e0006289},
  issn = {1935-2735},
  url = {http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0006289&type=printable},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0006289},
  language = {eng},
}