Association of mass treatment with azithromycin in trachoma-endemic communities with short-term reduced risk of diarrhea in young children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 691-696

  Coles, Christian L ^a   Seidman, Jessica C ^a   Levens, Joshua ^b   Mkocha, Harran ^b,c   Munoz, Beatriz ^b   West, Sheila ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

AZITHROMYCIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 80053903902     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0046     Document Type: Article

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