Which members of a community need antibiotics to control trachoma? Conjunctival Chlamydia trachomatis infection load in Gambian villages

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4215-4222

  Burton, Matthew J ^a,b   Holland, Martin J ^a,b   Faal, Nkoyo ^b   Aryee, Esther A N ^b   Alexander, Neal D E ^a   Bah, Momodou ^c   Faal, Hannah ^c   West, Sheila K ^d   Foster, Allen ^a   Johnson, Gordon J ^a,e   Mabey, David C W ^a   Bailey, Robin L ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c National Eye Care Programme   (Gambia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0141765717     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0107     Document Type: Article

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