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- Title
Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis after mass treatment of a trachoma hyperendemic community in Tanzania: a longitudinal study.
- Authors
West, Sheila K; Munoz, Beatriz; Mkocha, Harran; Holland, Martin J; Aguirre, Aura; Solomon, Anthony W; Foster, Allen; Bailey, Robin L; Mabey, David C W
- Abstract
Data from studies done in communities where trachoma is mesoendemic suggest that ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis can be eliminated after one mass treatment with antibiotics. However, there are no comparable long-term data from trachoma hyperendemic communities. Our aim, therefore, was two-fold: first, to ascertain the disease pattern of trachoma and ocular infection with C trachomatis in a trachoma hyperendemic community after mass treatment; and, second, to ascertain the risk factors for incident infection.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2005, Vol 366, Issue 9493, p1296
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67529-0