title: [What do we know about trachoma in the economically weakest infantile population of Kara in Togo?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the distribution of the trachoma in the infantile population of Kara region.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive cross sectional investigation has been achieved in 6 sanitary districts of Kara's region in November 2009. In each of the 2 villages of the sanitary area of every peripheral health unit (PHU), 15 schoolchildren aged of 6 to 9 years then 35 children of the community aged of 1 to 5 years have been examined to search signs of trachoma with the help of a lamp wipes coupled of a binocular loupe (2.5X magnification).
  
  
  RESULTS
  To the total 10,100 children have been examined in 202 villages of the sanitary areas of 101 PHU. Among the 7070 children aged of 1-5 years, 289 presented trachomatous inflammation follicular (TF) and 131 trachomatous inflammation intense (TI), corresponding to a prevalence rate of 5.94%. Among the 3030 schoolchildren, 68 presented TF and 62 TI corresponding to 4.29% prevalence rate. The prevalence rate of the active trachoma was of 5.44% in the infantile population of this region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This investigation could confirm that active trachoma still exists in this region. Another investigation will be carried out to determine the prevalence of trachoma among the adult subjects in order to have a more complete data base in view of further action for trachoma elimination in this region.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospittalier Universitaire de Kara, Kara, Togo. didier23fr@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Ayena
authors.forename: A
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authors.lastname: Amza
authors.forename: Y M
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authors.lastname: Agbo
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authors.lastname: Dorkenoo
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authors.lastname: Azoumah
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authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Sognikin
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authors.lastname: Mathieu
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authors.lastname: Bronzan
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authors.lastname: Anthony
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authors.lastname: Sodahlon
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authors.lastname: Banla
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mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004467:Economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014037:Togo / Q000453:epidemiology; D014141:Trachoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data