Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease

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 att...

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Autores principales: Gaynor, Bruce D., Miao, Yinghui, Cevallos, Vicky, Jha, Hem, Chaudary, JSP, Bhatta, Ramesh, Osaki-Holm, Susan, Yi, Elizabeth, Schachter, Julius, Whitcher, John P., Lietman, Thomas
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12737745
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0905.020577
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author Gaynor, Bruce D.
Miao, Yinghui
Cevallos, Vicky
Jha, Hem
Chaudary, JSP
Bhatta, Ramesh
Osaki-Holm, Susan
Yi, Elizabeth
Schachter, Julius
Whitcher, John P.
Lietman, Thomas
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Miao, Yinghui
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Schachter, Julius
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Lietman, Thomas
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description 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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spelling pubmed-29727642010-11-12 Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease Gaynor, Bruce D. Miao, Yinghui Cevallos, Vicky Jha, Hem Chaudary, JSP Bhatta, Ramesh Osaki-Holm, Susan Yi, Elizabeth Schachter, Julius Whitcher, John P. Lietman, Thomas Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2972764/ /pubmed/12737745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0905.020577 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Gaynor, Bruce D.
Miao, Yinghui
Cevallos, Vicky
Jha, Hem
Chaudary, JSP
Bhatta, Ramesh
Osaki-Holm, Susan
Yi, Elizabeth
Schachter, Julius
Whitcher, John P.
Lietman, Thomas
Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease
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title_full Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease
title_fullStr Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease
title_full_unstemmed Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease
title_short Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease
title_sort eliminating trachoma in areas with limited disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12737745
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