Field- and laboratory-based studies on correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis transmission by Musca sorbens: Determinants of fly-eye contact and investigations into fly carriage of elementary bodies.

• Main Authors: Ailie Robinson (Author), Bart Versteeg (Author), Oumer Shafi Abdurahman (Author), Innes Clatworthy (Author), Gemeda Shuka (Author), Dereje Debela (Author), Gebreyes Hordofa (Author), Laura Reis de Oliveira Gomes (Author), Muluadam Abraham Aga (Author), Gebeyehu Dumessa (Author), Virginia Sarah (Author), David Macleod (Author), Anna Last (Author), Matthew J Burton (Author), James G Logan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Musca sorbens (Diptera: Muscidae) flies are thought to be vectors of the blinding eye disease trachoma, carrying the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) between the eyes of individuals. While their role as vectors has been convincingly demonstrated via randomised controlled trials in The Gambia, st...