Fig 1.
Schematic demonstrating process of participant inclusion and exclusion.
Table 1.
Comparison between participants and non-participants.
Age, sex, and socio-economic status proxies are included because these are known to be associated with trachoma.
Fig 2.
Trachomatous scarring prevalence and severity.
Scarring prevalence: n = 32/1496 (2.1%, 95% CI: 1.5–3.0%).
Fig 3.
Conjunctival photographs demonstrating trachomatous scarring in children.
The black spots in these images are dirt on the lens and not lesions of the conjunctiva. (A) Mild scarring (grade S1) in a six year-old; stellate scars are indicated by arrows on the left, linear scarring is indicated by arrows on the right. (B) Moderate scarring (grade S2) in a five year-old; multiple linear scars are present. (C) Severe scarring (grade S3) in a nine year-old; a meshwork of numerous linear scars, characteristic of trachomatous scarring, is present.
Table 2.
Trachomatous scarring (TS) prevalence according to various demographic and clinical characteristics.
Fig 4.
Prevalence of pediatric trachomatous scarring within each community.
Abbreviations: trachomatous scarring (TS), intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), confidence interval (CI).
Table 3.
Associations between the number of scarring cases and a community’s prevalence of follicular trachoma, any active trachoma, and infection with C. trachomatis.