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Authors
Last, A. R.
Pickering, H.
Roberts, C. h.
Coll, F.
Phelan, J.
Burr, S. E.
Cassama, E.
Nabicassa, M.
Seth-Smith, H. M. B.
Hadfield, J.
Cutcliffe, L. T.
Clarke, I. N.
Mabey, D. C. W.
Bailey, R. L.
Clark, T. G.
Thomson, N. R.
Holland, M. J.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (097330/Z/11/Z, 079246/Z/06/Z, 105609/Z/14/Z, 098051, 105609/Z/14/Z)
Medical Research Council (MR/K000551/1)
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Article History
Received: 14 October 2017
Accepted: 13 February 2018
First Online: 26 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Comitê Nacional de Ética e Saúde (Guinea-Bissau), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Ethics Committee (UK) and The Gambia Government/MRC Joint Ethics Committee (The Gambia). Written informed consent to participate and publish anonymized patient data was obtained from all study participants or their guardians on their behalf if participants were children. A signature or thumbprint was considered an appropriate record of consent in this setting by the above ethical bodies. All communities received treatment for endemic trachoma in accordance with the World Health Organization and national policies following the survey.
: Written informed consent to publish anonymized patient data was obtained from all study participants as described above.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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