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A Trial of Three Rounds of Mass Drug Administration with Azithromycin for Yaws
BACKGROUND: Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue causes yaws. Strategies to better control and hopefully eliminate yaws are needed. METHODS: We conducted an open-label cluster-randomized community trial in a yaws-endemic area of Papua New Guinea. Thirty-eight wards were randomized to receive either on...
Autores principales: | John, Lucy N., Beiras, Camila G., Houinei, Wendy, Medappa, Monica, Sabok, Maria, Kolmau, Reman, Jonathan, Eunice, Maika, Edward, Wangi, James K., Pospíšilová, Petra, Šmajs, David, Ouchi, Dan, Galván-Femenía, Iván, Beale, Mathew A, Giacani, Lorenzo, Clotet, Bonaventura, Mooring, Eric Q., Marks, Michael, Vall-Mayans, Marti, Mitjà, Oriol |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7612200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34986286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2109449 |
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