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Integrated serosurveillance to assess disease elimination in coastal Ecuador: onchocerciasis, yaws, trachoma, and cholera

2026-02-17 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundTesting blood samples with multiplex bead assays can assess elimination and identify residual foci of transmission for multiple pathogens simultaneously. In Ecuador, onchocerciasis and yaws are presumed eliminated, and the status of trachoma is unknown. We assessed their elimination status by measuring IgG antibodies in children 6-24 months. MethodsIn a birth cohort of 404 children measured between 2021-2024 in Esmeraldas province, Ecuador, we tested dried blood spots at ages 6, 9, 12...

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