TY - JOUR
AU - Mitjà O
AU - Gass K
AU - Marks M
AU - Cooper PJ
AU - Diggle PJ
AU - Waller L
AU - Agana-Nsiire P
AU - Dofitas BL
AU - Dyson L
AU - Jacobson J
AU - Kaldor J
AU - Kim SH
AU - Vaz Nery S
AU - Revankar C
AU - Sopoh G
AU - Solomon AW
AU - Dagne DA
AU - Pathak P
AU - Yajima A
AU - Lin Z
AU - Barogui MYT
AU - Scholte RC
AU - Sanikullah KH
AU - Drakeley C
AU - Stresman G
AU - Gyapong J
AU - Asiedu KB
AU - Pappas G
AB - <p>This document provides a summary of guidance developed for national programmes on conducting serosurveys to assess yaws transmission status, with the objective of confirming yaws seroprevalence below 1% at each of three serosurveys over a period of 3–10 years after reporting the last case of active yaws in a region. It proposes active testing of children aged 1–5 years through population-based surveys and includes recommendations on survey design, sample size determination, sampling&nbsp;of primary sampling units (PSUs) within an evaluation unit, sampling of households within PSUs, integration with existing public health surveys, and follow-up protocols for positive results. Geospatial analysis and sustained surveillance are recommended for accurate assessment of whether transmission interruption has been achieved.</p>

BT - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012899
IS - 4
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This document provides a summary of guidance developed for national programmes on conducting serosurveys to assess yaws transmission status, with the objective of confirming yaws seroprevalence below 1% at each of three serosurveys over a period of 3–10 years after reporting the last case of active yaws in a region. It proposes active testing of children aged 1–5 years through population-based surveys and includes recommendations on survey design, sample size determination, sampling&nbsp;of primary sampling units (PSUs) within an evaluation unit, sampling of households within PSUs, integration with existing public health surveys, and follow-up protocols for positive results. Geospatial analysis and sustained surveillance are recommended for accurate assessment of whether transmission interruption has been achieved.</p>

PB - Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PY - 2025
EP - e0012899
T2 - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
TI - Guidance for conducting and evaluating serological surveys to assess interruption of yaws transmission in the context of an eradication target
UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0012899&type=printable
VL - 19
SN - 1935-2735
ER -