Can we eliminate trachoma?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-387

  Lietman, T ^a   Fry, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; TRACHOMA; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035062922     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.4.385     Document Type: Review

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