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Mass azithromycin distribution for hyperendemic trachoma following a cluster-randomized trial: A continuation study of randomly reassigned subclusters (TANA II)
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends annual mass azithromycin administration in communities with at least 10% prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular (TF) in children, with further treatment depending on reassessment after 3–5 years. However, the effect of stopping mass az...
Autores principales: | Keenan, Jeremy D., Tadesse, Zerihun, Gebresillasie, Sintayehu, Shiferaw, Ayalew, Zerihun, Mulat, Emerson, Paul M., Callahan, Kelly, Cotter, Sun Y., Stoller, Nicole E., Porco, Travis C., Oldenburg, Catherine E., Lietman, Thomas M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6091918/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30106956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002633 |
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