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Sub-district spatial heterogeneity in trachoma seroprevalence as populations approach elimination

2026-02-25 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Programmatic decisions regarding surveillance and intervention for trachoma are made at the district level, reflecting an implicit assumption that transmission within districts is sufficiently homogeneous. However, as trachoma transmission declines, residual pockets of transmission may become spatially heterogeneous at sub-district scales. Using cluster-level data from 12 districts in Amhara, Ethiopia (2019-2023), we assess the spatial structure of Pgp3 antibody responses, a sensitive measure of...

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