The distribution of ocular Chlamydia prevalence across Tanzanian communities where trachoma is declining.

• Main Authors: Salman A Rahman (Author), Sheila K West (Author), Harran Mkocha (Author), Beatriz Munoz (Author), Travis C Porco (Author), Jeremy D Keenan (Author), Thomas M Lietman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Mathematical models predict an exponential distribution of infection prevalence across communities where a disease is disappearing. Trachoma control programs offer an opportunity to test this hypothesis, as the World Health Organization has targeted trachoma for elimination as a public he...