About the Authors
- Emma M. Harding-Esch
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Ansumana Sillah
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Affiliation National Eye Health Programme of The Gambia, Kanifing, The Gambia
- Tansy Edwards
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Sarah E. Burr
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Affiliations London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- John D. Hart
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Affiliations London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Hassan Joof
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Mass Laye
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Affiliation National Eye Health Programme of The Gambia, Kanifing, The Gambia
- Pateh Makalo
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Ahmed Manjang
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Sandra Molina
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Isatou Sarr-Sissoho
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Thomas C. Quinn
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Affiliation National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Tom Lietman
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Martin J. Holland
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Affiliations London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- David Mabey
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Sheila K. West
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Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Robin Bailey
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* E-mail: Robin.Bailey@lshtm.ac.uk
Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- on behalf of the Partnership for Rapid Elimination of Trachoma (PRET) study group
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EMHE RB SKW TCQ DM TL AS. Performed the experiments: HJ PM ML MJH AM ISS JDH AS EMHE RB SEB SM. Analyzed the data: EMHE RB JDH TE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKW TL RB SEB MJH. Wrote the paper: EMHE TE RB JDH.