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Diversity of Chlamydia trachomatis in Trachoma-Hyperendemic Communities Treated With Azithromycin.


ABSTRACT: Prior studies have theorized that low chlamydial genetic diversity following mass azithromycin treatments for trachoma may create a population bottleneck that prevents the return of infection, but little empirical evidence exists to support this hypothesis. In this study, a single mass azithromycin distribution was administered to 21 communities in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia in 2003. All children aged 1-5 years had conjunctival swabs performed before treatment and 2 and 6 months after treatment. All swabs positive for Chlamydia trachomatis at 2 months underwent typing of the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein (ompA) of C. trachomatis, as did the same number of swabs per community from the pretreatment and 6-month visits. Diversity of ompA types, expressed as the reciprocal of Simpson's index, was calculated for each community. In total, 15 ompA types belonging to the A and B genovars were identified. The mean diversity was 2.11 (95% confidence interval: 1.79, 2.43) before treatment and 2.16 (95% confidence interval: 1.76, 2.55) 2 months after treatment (P = 0.78, paired t test). Diversity of ompA was not associated with the prevalence of ocular chlamydia (P = 0.76) and did not predict subsequent changes in the prevalence of ocular chlamydia (P = 0.32). This study found no evidence to support the theory that ompA diversity is associated with transmission of ocular chlamydia.

SUBMITTER: Chin SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6118063 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diversity of Chlamydia trachomatis in Trachoma-Hyperendemic Communities Treated With Azithromycin.

Chin Stephanie A SA   Morberg Daniel P DP   Alemayehu Wondu W   Melese Muluken M   Lakew Takele T   Chen Michael C MC   Zhou Zhaoxia Z   Doan Thuy T   Cevallos Vicky V   Lietman Thomas M TM   Keenan Jeremy D JD  

American journal of epidemiology 20180901 9


Prior studies have theorized that low chlamydial genetic diversity following mass azithromycin treatments for trachoma may create a population bottleneck that prevents the return of infection, but little empirical evidence exists to support this hypothesis. In this study, a single mass azithromycin distribution was administered to 21 communities in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia in 2003. All children aged 1-5 years had conjunctival swabs performed before treatment and 2 and 6 months after treatment  ...[more]

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