Impact of community mass treatment with azithromycin for trachoma elimination on the prevalence of yaws

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Marks, Michael ^a,b   Vahi, Ventis ^c   Sokana, Oliver ^c   Chi, Kai Hua ^d   Puiahi, Elliot ^c   Kilua, Georgina ^e   Pillay, Allan ^d   Dalipanda, Tenneth ^c   Bottomley, Christian ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^a,b   Mabey, David C ^a,b  

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

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

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

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAWS; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MALE; MELANESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TRACHOMA; YAWS;

EID: 84940650905     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003988     Document Type: Article

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