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- Title
Impact of Annual Targeted Treatment on Infectious Trachoma and Susceptibility to Reinfection.
- Authors
Atik, Berna; Ton Ton Kim Thanh; Vu Quoc Luong; Lagree, Stephane; Dean, Deborah
- Abstract
The article presents a medical study evaluating the effectiveness of azithromycin treatments for active trachoma and Chlamydia trachomatis infection rates in Vietnam. The article discusses the World Health Organization's SAFE strategy, which stands for Surgery for trichiasis; Antibiotics for Chlamydia trachomatis infection; Facial cleanliness; and Environmental improvement. According to the study, the growing number of reinfection rates shows that azithromycin treatments may interfere with the length of infection needed for developing immunity.
- Subjects
VIETNAM; TRACHOMA; CHLAMYDIA trachomatis; MEDICAL research; AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNITY; ANTIBIOTICS; INFECTION; WORLD Health Organization; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2006, Vol 296, Issue 12, p1488
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.296.12.1488