Vertical transmission of bacterial eye infections, Angola, 2011-2012

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Mar;21(3):471-3. doi: 10.3201/eid2103.140312.

Abstract

To determine transmission rates for neonatal conjunctivitis causative microorganisms in Angola, we analyzed 312 endocervical and 255 conjunctival samples from mothers and newborns, respectively, during 2011-2012. Transmission rates were 50% for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and 10.5% for Mycoplasma genitalium. Possible pathogenic effects of M. genitalium in children's eyes are unknown.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angola / epidemiology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / genetics
  • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / epidemiology
  • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / history
  • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / transmission
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / epidemiology*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / history
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / transmission*
  • Female
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Mycoplasma genitalium / genetics
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / genetics
  • Prevalence
  • Prospective Studies