Mass treatment with azithromycin for trachoma control: Participation clusters in households

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ssemanda, Elizabeth N ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   Harding Esch, Emma M ^b   Edwards, Tansy ^b   Mkocha, Harran ^c   Bailey, Robin L ^b   Sillah, Ansumana ^d   Stare, Dianne ^a   Mabey, David C W ^b   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

^d Ministry of Health   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449248551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000838     Document Type: Article

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