Trachoma and Yaws: Common Ground?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Solomon, Anthony W ^a   Marks, Michael ^b,c   Martin, Diana L ^d   Mikhailov, Alexei ^a   Flueckiger, Rebecca M ^e   Mitjà, Oriol ^f,g   Asiedu, Kingsley ^a   Jannin, Jean ^a   Engels, Dirk ^a   Mabey, David C W ^b,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

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

^e International Trachoma Initiative   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^g Lihir Medical Centre   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRACHOMA; YAWS; GLOBAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; TRACHOMA; YAWS;

EID: 84953233098     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004071     Document Type: Article

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