Eliminating trachoma in areas with limited disease

Autor:	Julius Schachter, Elizabeth Yi, Susan Osaki-Holm, Thomas M. Lietman, H C Jha, Vicky Cevallos, Yinghui Miao, John P. Whitcher, J.S.P. Chaudary, Bruce D. Gaynor, Ramesh C. Bhatta
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Male Time Factors genetic structures Epidemiology Antibiotics lcsh:Medicine chlamydia Chlamydia trachomatis Disease Azithromycin medicine.disease_cause 0302 clinical medicine Limited disease Prevalence 030212 general & internal medicine Child azithromycin Chlamydia dispatch 3. Good health Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases Trachoma Medical Microbiology Child Preschool Public Health and Health Services Female Infection medicine.drug Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Clinical Sciences Microbiology lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Nepal Internal medicine medicine Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Preschool Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision Blindness business.industry lcsh:R Infant medicine.disease trachoma eye diseases Immunology 030221 ophthalmology & optometry business
Zdroj:	Emerging infectious diseases, vol 9, iss 5 Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp 596-598 (2003) Emerging Infectious Diseases Gaynor, BD; Miao, Y; Cevallos, V; Jha, H; Chaudary, JSP; Bhatta, R; et al.(2003). Eliminating trachoma in areas with limited disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9(5), 596-598. doi: 10.3201/eid0905.020577. UCSF: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/49c997br
DOI:	10.3201/eid0905.020577.
Popis:	The common wisdom is that a trachoma program cannot eliminate ocular chlamydia from a community, just reduce infection to a level where there would be minimal blindness. We describe the success of multiple mass antibiotic treatments, demonstrating that complete elimination of infection may be an attainable goal in an area with modest disease.
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