Prevalence of Trachoma at Sub-District Level in Ethiopia: Determining When to Stop Mass Azithromycin Distribution

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  King, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   Teferi, Tesfaye ^a   Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Zerihun, Mulat ^a   Ngondi, Jeremiah M ^a,d   Damte, Mesele ^a   Ayalew, Frew ^a   Tadesse, Zerihun ^a   Gebre, Teshome ^a   Mulualem, Ayelign ^e   Karie, Alemu ^e   Melak, Berhanu ^a   Adugna, Mitku ^a   Gessesse, Demelash ^a   Worku, Abebe ^e   Endashaw, Tekola ^a   Admassu Ayele, Fisseha ^e   Stoller, Nicole E ^f   King, Mary Rose A ^a   Mosher, Aryc W ^a   Gebregzabher, Tesfaye ^a   Haileysus, Geremew ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Emerson, Paul M ^a   more..

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Amhara National Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHOMA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 84897373520     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002732     Document Type: Article

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