Fig 1.
Map of Peru with geographical areas where trachoma was reported after the 1980s.
Only included are the studies that reported more than ten individuals with any sign of trachoma. Areas (o) in the main map denote the department of Peru, followed by the district or community in parentheses and its reference in brackets. (A) Magnification of the department of San Martin showing five districts or communities and references in brackets. Surveys performed between 1983 and 2000. (B) Magnification of the department of Ucayali showing five districts or communities and references in brackets. Surveys performed between 1985 and 2001.
Table 1.
Year of publication, author, source, setting, region survey methodology, diagnostic method, total population, percentage of cases, and period of study of sources of early documentation of endemic and non-endemic trachoma in Peru: 1895–2000.
Fig 2.
Dates of publication of different sources of trachoma in Peru.
Fig 3.
Pictorial evidence of endemic trachoma in Peru.
(A) Everted upper eyelid showing scarring trachoma (TS) in an individual from San Francisco de Yarinacocha in 1985 [21] and (B) in another individual from Santa Teresita in 1986 [22], two indigenous Shipibo-Conibo communities settled along the banks of the Ucayali river, Pucallpa, department of Ucayali. The field studies were performed from 1983 to 2001 and were led by one of the authors (CW).