A Cross-Sectional Study of ‘Yaws’ in Districts of Ghana Which Have Previously Undertaken Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma Control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ghinai, Rosanna ^a   El Duah, Philip ^b   Chi, Kai Hua ^c   Pillay, Allan ^c   Solomon, Anthony W ^a,d   Bailey, Robin L ^a,d   Agana, Nsiire ^e   Mabey, David C W ^a,d   Chen, Cheng Yen ^c   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^b   Marks, Michael ^a,d  

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

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^e Public Health Division Health Service   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGIN TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL SWAB; TRACHOMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMATOSIS; YAWS; GHANA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; TRACHOMA; YAWS;

EID: 84922269836     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003496     Document Type: Article

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