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Number of Years of Annual Mass Treatment With Azithromycin Needed to Control Trachoma in Hyper-endemic Communities in Tanzania

Background. The World Health Organization recommends mass treatment as part of a trachoma control strategy. However, scant empirical data from hyperendemic communities exist on the number of rounds of treatment needed to reach a goal of <5% prevalence in children. We determined the prevalence of...

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Autores principales: West, Sheila K., Munoz, Beatriz, Mkocha, Harran, Gaydos, Charlotte A., Quinn, Thomas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21673038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir257

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