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Elimination of Active Trachoma after Two Topical Mass Treatments with Azithromycin 1.5% Eye Drops
BACKGROUND: Following an epidemiological study carried out in 2006 showing a high prevalence of blinding trachoma in the Far North Region of Cameroon, a trachoma elimination programme using the SAFE strategy was initiated: three yearly trachoma mass treatments were to be performed. METHODOLOGY/PRINC...
Autores principales: | Amza, Abdou, Goldschmidt, Pablo, Einterz, Ellen, Huguet, Pierre, Olmiere, Celine, Bensaid, Philippe, Bella-Assumpta, Lucienne |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990706/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21124889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000895 |
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