BACKGROUND: Validation of trachoma elimination requires monitoring after discontinuation of trachoma program activities, though such evaluations are not commonly done.
METHODS: Conjunctival 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.
RESULTS: No clinically active trachoma was detected by in-field or photographic evaluation. Smartphone images demonstrated high agreement with field grading (>99% concordance).
CONCLUSIONS: Trachoma appears to have been eliminated from this area of Burkina Faso. Smartphone cameras may be a useful aid for monitoring in resource-limited settings.
BT - International health C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31329890 DA - 11/2019 DO - 10.1093/inthealth/ihz035 IS - 6 J2 - Int Health LA - eng N2 -BACKGROUND: Validation of trachoma elimination requires monitoring after discontinuation of trachoma program activities, though such evaluations are not commonly done.
METHODS: Conjunctival 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.
RESULTS: No clinically active trachoma was detected by in-field or photographic evaluation. Smartphone images demonstrated high agreement with field grading (>99% concordance).
CONCLUSIONS: Trachoma appears to have been eliminated from this area of Burkina Faso. Smartphone cameras may be a useful aid for monitoring in resource-limited settings.
PY - 2019 SP - 613 EP - 615 T2 - International health TI - Smartphone photography as a possible method of post-validation trachoma surveillance in resource-limited settings. VL - 11 SN - 1876-3405 ER -