Slow resolution of clinically active trachoma following successful mass antibiotic treatments

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 512-513

  Keenan, Jeremy D ^a,b   Lakew, Takele ^c   Alemayehu, Wondu ^c   Melese, Muluken ^c   House, Jenafir I ^a   Acharya, Nisha R ^a,b   Porco, Travis C ^a,b   Gaynor, Bruce D ^a,b   Lietman, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREVALENCE; RETREATMENT; TRACHOMA;

EID: 79953905630     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.46     Document Type: Letter

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