Longitudinal evaluation of three azithromycin distribution strategies for treatment of trachoma in a sub-Saharan African country, Mali

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-53

  Schemann J F ^a   Guinot, C ^b,c   Traore, L ^d   Zefack, G ^d   Dembele, M ^d   Diallo, I ^d   Traore, A ^d   Vinard, P ^e   Malvy, D ^f  

^a Centre IRD de Hann   (Senegal)

^b CERIES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d African Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology Mali   (Mali)

^e Alter Santé Internationale et Developpement   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Community based intervention; Effectiveness; Mali; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; COMMUNITY CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MALIA;

EID: 33846787018     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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