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A double-masked placebo-controlled trial of azithromycin to prevent child mortality in Burkina Faso, West Africa: Community Health with Azithromycin Trial (CHAT) study protocol

BACKGROUND: Biannual, mass azithromycin distribution has previously been shown to reduce all-cause child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Subgroup analysis suggested that the strongest effects were in the youngest children, leading to the hypothesis that targeting younger age groups might be an effe...

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Autores principales: Sié, Ali, Ouattara, Mamadou, Bountogo, Mamadou, Bagagnan, Cheik, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Boudo, Valentin, Lebas, Elodie, Brogdon, Jessica M., Lin, Ying, Bärnighausen, Till, Porco, Travis C., Doan, Thuy, Lietman, Thomas M., Oldenburg, Catherine E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6894235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31801563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3855-9