Acceptability of azithromycin for the control of trachoma in Northern Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 656-663

  Desmond, Nicola ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^b,c,d   Massae, Patrick A ^d   Lema, Ndeeshi ^d   Anemona, Alessandra ^b   Foster, Allen ^b   Mabey, David C W ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^d Huruma Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Drug acceptability; Tanzania; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIARRHEA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG INFORMATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; STAFF TRAINING; STOMACH PAIN; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AZITHROMYCIN; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 21744461792     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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