Mass administration of azithromycin and Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage: cross-sectional surveys in the Gambia
Objective To evaluate the effect of repeated mass drug administration (MDA) of azithromycin in the Gambia on the nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and on the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains. Methods This study involved villages that participated in a cluster randomized...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862014000700490&lng=en&tlng=en |