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The research provides up\u2010to\u2010date, population\u2010based prevalence data of later complications of trachoma amongst a national sample of Indigenous adults.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>To report the prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis (TT) in Indigenous Australians aged 40\u00a0years and older.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Population\u2010based cross\u2010sectional study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1738 (41% male) Indigenous Australians aged 40\u00a0years or older, living amongst 30 randomly selected Australian sites, stratified by remoteness.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Anterior segment examination was performed and trachoma grading for the presence of TT and corneal opacification (CO) was conducted using the WHO (WHO) simplified grading system.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prevalence of TT.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of three (0.17%) participants had TT, and there were no confirmed cases of trachomatous CO in the NEHS. 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