Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease

Autor:	Bruce D. Gaynor, Yinghui Miao, Vicky Cevallos, Hem Jha, JSP Chaudary, Ramesh Bhatta, Susan Osaki-Holm, Elizabeth Yi, Julius Schachter, John P. Whitcher, Thomas Lietman
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	azithromycin chlamydia dispatch Nepal trachoma Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp 596-598 (2003)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
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.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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