While there were too few participants with active trachoma (clinical grades F > 1, P > 2, n = 2) to detect changes in active disease, IL-10, IL-8 and CXCL1 were significantly increased in those with clinical grades F > 0 or P > 0 (p = 0.0031, 0.014, 0.037 respectively, logistic regression). Here, IL10 is linked to inclusion conjunctivitis.