The impact of a single round of community mass treatment with azithromycin on disease severity and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis load in treatment-naïve trachoma-endemic island communities in West Africa

BACKGROUND: Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease, is caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends three annual rounds of community mass drug treatment with azithromycin (MDA) if the prevalence of follicular trachoma in 1–9 year olds (TF...

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Главные авторы: Last, Anna R., Burr, Sarah E., Harding-Esch, Emma, Cassama, Eunice, Nabicassa, Meno, Roberts, Chrissy h., Mabey, David C. W., Holland, Martin J., Bailey, Robin L.
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: BioMed Central 2017
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Online-ссылка:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745817/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29282126
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2566-x
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