Contributors
Laura G. Senyonjo:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-3162
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draft
Oscar Debrah: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: Supervision
Diana L. Martin: Role: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Adwoa Asante-Poku: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Stephanie J. Migchelsen: Role: Formal analysisRole: Writing – review & editing
Sarah Gwyn: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Dzeidzom K. deSouza: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review
& editing
Anthony W. Solomon: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
David Agyemang: Role: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Nana Biritwum-Kwadwo: Role: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Benjamin Marfo: Role: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Didier Bakajika: Role: InvestigationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Ernest O. Mensah: Role: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Agatha Aboe: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Joseph Koroma: Role: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
James Addy: Role: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Robin Bailey: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SupervisionRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Ali M. Somily: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosntds
Title:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1935-2727
ISSN
(Electronic):
1935-2735
Publication date
(Electronic):
14
December
2018
Publication date Collection:
December
2018
Volume: 12
Issue: 12
Electronic Location Identifier: e0007027
Affiliations
[1
]
Research Department, Sightsavers UK, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
[2
]
Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
[3
]
Eye Care Unit, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
[4
]
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
[5
]
Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University
of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
[6
]
Parasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University
of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
[7
]
Sightsavers Ghana, Accra, Ghana
[8
]
Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
[9
]
FHI360 Ghana, Accra, Ghana
King Saud University College of Medicine, SAUDI ARABIA
Author notes
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PNTD-D-18-01327
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007027
PMC ID: 6310292
PubMed ID: 30550537
SO-VID: c4ee691e-1479-4958-839a-d54c29b95d2b
License:
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced,
distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any
lawful purpose. The work is made available under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
History
Date
received
: 31
August
2018
Date
accepted
: 26
November
2018
Page count
Figures: 2,
Tables: 4,
Pages: 16
Funding
This work received financial support from the Coalition for Operational Research on
Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD), which is funded at The Task Force for Global
Health primarily by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, by the United Kingdom Department
for International Development, and by the United States Agency for International Development
through its Neglected Tropical Diseases Program. Sightsavers and CDC provided some
additional funds for the procurement of supplies and consumables. TFGH were not involved
in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish nor preparation
of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Immunologic Techniques
Subject:
Immunoassays
Subject:
Enzyme-Linked Immunoassays
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Bacterial Diseases
Subject:
Trachoma
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Ophthalmology
Subject:
Eye Diseases
Subject:
Trachoma
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Trachoma
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Immune Physiology
Subject:
Antibodies
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Immune Physiology
Subject:
Antibodies
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune System Proteins
Subject:
Antibodies
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune System Proteins
Subject:
Antibodies
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Immune System Proteins
Subject:
Antibodies
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Ghana
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Serology
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Public and Occupational Health
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject:
Chlamydia Infection
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Ophthalmology
Subject:
Eye Diseases
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