Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease

Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease

The common wisdom is that a trachoma program cannot eliminate ocular chlamydia from a community, just reduce infection to a level where there would be minimal blindness. We describe the success of multiple mass antibiotic treatments, demonstrating that complete elimination of infection may be an att...

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Main Authors: Bruce D. Gaynor, Yinghui Miao, Vicky Cevallos, Hem Jha, JSP Chaudary, Ramesh Bhatta, Susan Osaki-Holm, Elizabeth Yi, Julius Schachter, John P. Whitcher, Thomas Lietman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
azithromycin
chlamydia
dispatch
Nepal
trachoma
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/5/02-0577_article

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