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Complete elimination is a difficult goal for trachoma programs in severely affected communities.
Gill DA,
Lakew T,
Alemayehu W,
Melese M,
Zhou Z,
House JI,
Hong KC,
Ray KJ,
Gandhi N,
Whitcher JP,
Gaynor BD,
Lietman TM.
F. I. Proctor Foundation, San Francisco, USA.
The World Health Organization has distributed millions of doses of azithromycin to control the ocular chlamydial infection that causes trachoma. Theoretically, a loftier goal of elimination is feasible. Here, we demonstrate that, although local elimination of infection in the most severely affected communities is difficult, it is possible with biannual antibiotic distributions.
PMID: 18194094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Cited by 2 PubMed Central articles
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When can antibiotic treatments for trachoma be discontinued? Graduating communities in three african countries.
Ray KJ, Lietman TM, Porco TC, Keenan JD, Bailey RL, Solomon AW, Burton MJ, Harding-Esch E, Holland MJ, Mabey D.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009 Jun 16; 3(6):e458. Epub 2009 Jun 16.
[PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009]
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Mass antibiotic treatment alone does not eliminate ocular chlamydial infection.
Emerson PM, Ngondi J.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009; 3(3):e394. Epub 2009 Mar 31.
[PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009]
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