Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Emerging Infectious Diseases30 Oct 2026

Serologic Assessment of Public Health Action Needed for Trachoma, Coastal Ecuador, 2021–2024

Everlyn Kamau
Lesly Simbaña
Stuart Torres
Nikolina Walas
Gretchen Cooley
Chabier Coleman
E. Brook Goodhew
Diana L. Martin
Hadley Burroughs
Manuel Calvopiña
William Cevallos
Sandra Vivero

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Victoria Nipaz
Josefina Coloma
Gwenyth O. Lee
Gabriel Trueba
Joseph N.S. Eisenberg
Karen Levy
Benjamin F. Arnold

Abstract

We evaluated the probability of needing public health actions against trachoma in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, by estimating seroconversion rates of Chlamydia trachomatis plasma gene protein 3 IgG in children. Seroconversion rates suggest high probability of the need for public health interventions in rural communities and motivate further assessment.

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@article{kamau2026serologic,
  title = {{Serologic Assessment of Public Health Action Needed for Trachoma, Coastal Ecuador, 2021–2024}},
  author = {Everlyn Kamau and Lesly Simbaña and Stuart Torres and Nikolina Walas and Gretchen Cooley and Chabier Coleman and E. Brook Goodhew and Diana L. Martin and Hadley Burroughs and Manuel Calvopiña and William Cevallos and Sandra Vivero and Victoria Nipaz and Josefina Coloma and Gwenyth O. Lee and Gabriel Trueba and Joseph N.S. Eisenberg and Karen Levy and Benjamin F. Arnold},
  journal = {Emerging Infectious Diseases},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3201/eid3211.261024},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3211.261024},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Serologic Assessment of Public Health Action Needed for Trachoma, Coastal Ecuador, 2021–2024
AU  - Everlyn Kamau
AU  - Lesly Simbaña
AU  - Stuart Torres
AU  - Nikolina Walas
AU  - Gretchen Cooley
AU  - Chabier Coleman
AU  - E. Brook Goodhew
AU  - Diana L. Martin
AU  - Hadley Burroughs
AU  - Manuel Calvopiña
AU  - William Cevallos
AU  - Sandra Vivero
AU  - Victoria Nipaz
AU  - Josefina Coloma
AU  - Gwenyth O. Lee
AU  - Gabriel Trueba
AU  - Joseph N.S. Eisenberg
AU  - Karen Levy
AU  - Benjamin F. Arnold
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/30
JO  - Emerging Infectious Diseases
DO  - 10.3201/eid3211.261024
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3211.261024
AB  - We evaluated the probability of needing public health actions against trachoma in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, by estimating seroconversion rates of Chlamydia trachomatis plasma gene protein 3 IgG in children. Seroconversion rates suggest high probability of the need for public health interventions in rural communities and motivate further assessment.
SN  - 1080-6040
SN  - 1080-6059
ER  -

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