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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Health. 2011 Jun;3(2):75–84. doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.03.004

Table 3. Prevalence of clinically active trachoma at baseline, 12 months and 24 months in children aged 0–9 years by treatment arm and subkebele.

Prevalence of clinically active trachoma (trachomatous inflammation follicular and/or trachomatous inflammation intense) in children aged 0–9 years
Arma Subkebele Baseline 12 Months 24 Months
% n/N % n/N % n/N
Single treatment only 1 95.8 (46/48) 64.0 (32/50) 83.7 (41/49)
2 78.2 (43/55) 62.3 (33/53) 68.0 (34/50)
3 83.7 (41/49) 73.7 (28/38) 50.0 (25/50)
4 85.1 (40/47) 60.0 (30/50) 54.7 (29/53)
5 41.5 (22/53) 40.0 (20/50) 5.8 (3/52)
6 80.4 (45/56) 46.2 (24/52) 22.0 (11/50)
7 76.0 (38/50) 46.0 (23/50) 37.5 (18/48)
8 26.5 (13/49) 64.0 (32/50) 40.0 (20/50)
9 46.2 (24/52) 64.0 (32/50) 30.0 (15/50)
10 76.0 (38/50) 58.8 (30/51) 61.2 (30/49)
11 24.5 (12/49) 54.9 (28/51) 76.5 (39/51)
12 21.3 (10/47) 47.1 (24/51) 52.1 (25/48)
Average (95% CI) 61.3 (44.0–78.5) 56.8 (50.4–63.1) 48.5 (34.0–62.9)
Single treatment plus intensive latrine promotion 13 83.3 (40/48) 59.6 (31/52) 64.0 (32/50)
14 70.6 (36/51) 66.7 (34/51) 30.0 (15/50)
15 89.8 (44/49) 38.5 (20/52) 36.8 (21/57)
16 91.8 (45/49) 40.0 (20/50) 42.0 (21/50)
17 22.0 (11/50) 38.0 (19/50) 41.2 (21/51)
18 88.7 (47/53) 59.6 (31/52) 32.0 (16/50)
19 ND 53.4 (31/58) 54.0 (27/50)
20 53.1 (26/49) 90.2 (46/51) 68.0 (34/50)
21 78.0 (39/50) 31.9 (15/47) 26.0 (13/50)
22 73.6 (39/53) 61.1 (33/54) 72.0 (36/50)
23 68.5 (37/54) 52.9 (27/51) 45.8 (22/48)
24 72.3 (34/47) 50.0 (25/50) 37.3 (19/51)
Average (95% CI) 72.0 (58.2–85.5) 53.5 (43.4–63.6) 45.8 (36.0–55.6)
a

All subkebeles in both treatment arms were treated with a single mass azithromycin distribution at baseline.

ND: No data: examination team conducted clinical exam and swabbed the wrong subkebele.