Table.
The community ocular Chlamydia trachomatis load per swab (COCTL) according to age, and presence or absence of active trachoma (ie TF, follicular trachoma, or TI, trachoma intense, or both).
| baseline COCTL per swab (n), according to age and trachoma status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aged 6 months to 10 years | whole population | |||||
| uninfected | infected | overall | uninfected | infected | overall | |
| clinical signs of active trachoma (TF or TI or both) |
0 (91) | 1069 (45) | 6.2 (136) | 0 (116) | 853 (58) | 5.8 (174) |
| neither TF nor TI | 0 (198) | 52 (10) | 0.1 (208) | 0 (749) | 20 (33) | 0.1 (782) |
| total | 0 (289) | 618 (55) | 1.1 (344) | 0 (865) | 220 (91) | 0.4 (956) |